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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis ; adapted by Brandy Colbert and Jeanne Theoharis.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807067574
- ISBN: 0807067571
- Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Young readers' edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-278) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | "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. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12+ Beacon Press. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. History. Juvenile works. Young adult non-fiction. Biographies. |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at State Library of Alabama.
