The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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A (Shy) Rebel Is Born -- Following Rules and Breaking Some, Too -- Introducing Raymond Parks: "The First Real Activist I Ever Met" -- The Newest Member of the NAACP -- Organizing in the Face of Opposition -- The NAACP Youth Council Gets a Fresh Start -- Resistance + Anger = Seeds of Change -- Claudette Colvin Sits Down (And Rises Up) -- Highlander Folk School -- Seeking Justice for Emmett Till -- December 1, -- A Boycott Blossoms -- Rosa Parks Goes to Court -- A Yearlong Boycott -- The Best of Times and the Worst of Times -- Victory at Last (but the Struggle Continues) -- "The Northern Promised Land that Wasn't" -- Rosa Parks Joins the Fight Up North -- The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- Working for John Conyers -- Meeting Malcolm X -- Going (Back) Down South -- The Detroit Uprising -- The Assassination of Dr. King -- Black Power! -- "Freedom Fighters Never Retire" -- The Struggle Continues.
"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, challenging young readers perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
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Revisioning history for young people series
PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807067574
0807067571
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Colbert, Brandy,
Theoharis, Jeanne, 1969-
SUBJECTS
Parks, Rosa, -- 1913-2005.
African American women civil rights workers -- Montgomery -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Montgomery -- Biography.
African Americans -- History -- Montgomery -- 20th century.
Segregation in transportation -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Biography.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.
Biographies.