Rosa Parks Freedom Rider

Name: Rosa Parks Freedom Rider
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ISBN: 9781402748653

ISBN-10: 1402748655

ISBN-13: 9781402748653

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ruth Ashby

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She just wouldn't get up--and with that simple, courageous act Rosa Parks struck a blow against injustice. Parks showed what one person, without guns or violence, could do to change the course of history forever. Nelson Mandela claimed "she is who inspired us...to be fearless when facing our oppressors." As a volunteer secretary for the NAACP, Parks chronicled racial injustices and fought for desegregation. Then, on December 1, 1955, she made a stand on a Montgomery, Alabama bus: she refused to relinquish her seat for a white man. Her arrest mobilized the black community for a citywide bus boycott that led to a landmark Supreme Court decision. Award-winning author Ruth Ashby beautifully…

Book details

List price: $5.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Publication date: 2/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.50" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.572



Introduction: One Courageous Act



Down Home in Alabama



Welcome to Montgomery



Finding a Cause



Separate but Not Yet Equal



A Renewed Spirit



Tired of Giving In



Start of the Civil Rights Movement



The Walking City



New Directions



A Time for Change and Sorrow



Mother of the Civil Rights Movement


Glossary


Bibliography


Image Credits


About the Author


Index