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Book 2010

Who Was Rosa Parks? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

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Publisher
Turtleback Books
Published
2010
  • Race relations
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights
  • History
  • African American women
  • Segregation in transportation
  • Civil rights workers
  • Juvenile literature

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."