segregation in transportation

A brief history of the civil rights movement in America, Rosa Parks' role in helping to abolish segregation on busses, the March on Washington, Freedom Riders, and civil rights laws.

Presents an overview of the 1955 bus boycott and the protest of segregation and other racist policies in Montgomery, Alabama, and places it in the larger context of the civil rights movement of that era, describing activists Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Includes glossary and time line.

Provides a chronological account of events leading up to the 1955-1956 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, a nonviolent protest against discrimination by the city's African-American community, and discusses some of the many people who contributed to the boycott's success.

Introduces children to the life of Rosa Parks, an African-American girl who went on to become a leader in the Civil Rights movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, recounting her experiences as an African-American child in the South, her involvement in the civil rights movement, her work as a motivational speaker, and other related topics.

Tells the life story of activist Rosa Parks, describing her childhood in segregated Alabama and her work in the civil rights movement, including her historic refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus and her involvement in the Montgomery bus boycotts.

Presents a graphic history of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 that was started when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man, and describes the year long boycott that led to new segregation laws in the United States.

Presents a brief biography, in simple text with illustrations, of Rosa Parks, the African-American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.

The story of Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1943, sparked the struggle for civil rights in the United States.