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The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today. She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask "Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2014
    Rosa Storytime Set
    Macmillan Young Listeners · 40 pages · 9781427243973
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Square Fish · 40 pages · 9780312376024
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Henry Holt and Company · 9780439898836
  • Other · English · 2007
    Bound to Stay Bound Books · 30 pages · 9798855047523
  • Other · English · 2005
    Scholastic, Incorporated · 34 pages · 9780439899949
  • Other · English · 2005
    Henry Holt · 9780805071061
Race relationsJuvenile literatureCivil rightsAfrican American womenSegregation in transportationCivil rights workersAfrican AmericansBiography