| Author |
Theoharis, Jeanne, author.
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| Publication |
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
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| Edition |
Young readers' edition. |
| Description |
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"ReVisioning history for young people." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-278) 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, 1955 -- A Boycott Blossoms -- Rosa Parks Goes to Court -- A Yearlong Boycott -- The Best of Timesand 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience |
Ages 12+ Beacon Press |
| Subject |
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
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African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
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Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Addl. Author |
Colbert, Brandy, author.
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Theoharis, Jeanne, 1969-
Rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
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| Related To |
Online version: |
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Theoharis, Jeanne, 1969- The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Young readers' edition. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 9780807067581 (DLC) 2020011431 |
| ISBN |
9780807067574 |
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0807067571 |
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