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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Audience Teens 14-17 years
Published [2021] by Beacon Press, Boston
ISBN 9780807067574
Bib Id 2428783
Copyright 2021
Edition Young readers' edition.
Description 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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2020-011430
ISBN
9780807067574 (paperback) $18.95
0807067571
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B Parks T
Title
The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Edition
Young readers' edition.
Publication Information
[2021] by Beacon Press, Boston :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Summary
"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."--
Audience
Ages 12+
Subject
Genre/Form
Young adult non-fiction
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