Synopsis
A biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Features quotations from Parks and others.
Linnea Hendrickson <%ISBN%>0836850718 - Children's Literature
This is a competent biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus precipitated the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott that led to the U.S. civil rights movement. There are numerous photographs, many of historical events, some of more general scenes, for example those of an integrated kindergarten class, or of hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan holding a burning cross. The focus is on Parks' role in the civil rights movement and the significance of that movement and its history. There are numerous sidebars, including an abridged version of the flyer announcing the Montgomery bus boycott, the text of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Parks in 1996, and examples of Rosa Parks' own statements and recollections from her autobiography. A timeline, glossary, index, and suggested books and Internet sites are included. One of the "Trailblazers of the Modern World" series. 2002, World Almanac Library,
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Children's Literature
This is a competent biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus precipitated the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott that led to the U.S. civil rights movement. There are numerous photographs, many of historical events, some of more general scenes, for example those of an integrated kindergarten class, or of hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan holding a burning cross. The focus is on Parks' role in the civil rights movement and the significance of that movement and its history. There are numerous sidebars, including an abridged version of the flyer announcing the Montgomery bus boycott, the text of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Parks in 1996, and examples of Rosa Parks' own statements and recollections from her autobiography. A timeline, glossary, index, and suggested books and Internet sites are included. One of the "Trailblazers of the Modern World" series. 2002, World Almanac Library,— Linnea Hendrickson <%ISBN%>0836850718