RosaNikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier
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Rosa

37 pagesFirst published 20056 editions
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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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Pace: mediumShort
Race relationsJuvenile literatureCivil rightsAfrican American womenSegregation in transportationCivil rights workersAfrican AmericansBiography

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
AudiobookMacmillan Young Listeners2014409781427243973
PaperbackSquare Fish2007409780312376024
EditionBound to Stay Bound Books2007309798855047523
EditionScholastic, Incorporated2005349780439899949
EditionHenry Holt2005—9780805071061
HardcoverHenry Holt and Company2005—9780439898836
Race relationsJuvenile literatureCivil rightsAfrican American womenSegregation in transportationCivil rights workersAfrican AmericansBiography
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