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61) Rosa Parks
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A biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Features quotations from Parks and others.
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Shy, gentle Rosa Parks has often been characterized as an unlikely hero, but here readers will learn that her combination of gentleness and fierce determination to resist injustice made her activism inevitable. This engrossing book explores Parks's childhood experiences with racism as well as her lifetime of work in the struggle for equality to present a fully realized portrait of a woman who was much more than a timid seamstress who had had enough....
64) Rosa Parks
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A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.
65) Rosa Parks
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"Rosa parks was the courageous thinker and leader known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Long before the Montgomery Bus Boycott made her famous, she was a social justice activist and organizer. In honor of her work, she received a Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is her story"--
71) Rosa Parks
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A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
73) Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks no es solo una dama que se queóó sentada en un autobús. Su vida es una historia relevante e importante que fue notable, inspiradora y muy necesaria tanto en su tiempo como en la actualidad. Este volumen esencial presenta a los lectores jóvenes a una mujer de tranquila fortaleza y resistencia que no titubeó en sus convicciones y creencias. Para los lectores más jóvenes, esta es una rara oportunidad para leer textos apropiados para...
76) Rosa Parks
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The Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Rosa Parks in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
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