Profiles civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose famous refusal to go to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 became a test case for the validity of segregation laws, as well as an inciting incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
year: 2017
call number/section: 920, 92
subjects: parks, rosa, 1913-2005, juvenile literature, african americans, montgomery, juvenile literature, history, 20th century, civil rights workers, segregation in transportation, montgomery (ala.), race relations, juvenile literature, biography, biography, biographies
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Morretta, Alison
Profiles civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose famous refusal to go to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 became a test case for the validity of segregation laws, as well as an inciting incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
Schools: 2
Morretta, Alison
Cavendish Square (2017)
A biography of Rosa Parks that provides background information on her involvement in the civil rights movement, discussing her arrest for failing to give up her seat on a bus, which started the Montgomery bus boycott.
Schools: 0