1913-2005

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1913-2005

If a bus could talk

the story of Rosa Parks
2003
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.

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott

2007
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.

Rosa Parks

2013
Text and photographs introduce the biography of Rosa Parks, the African American woman from Alabama whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man helped establish the civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks

2008
Tells the life story of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, describing her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, the resulting Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, and her later years.

Rosa Parks

the courage to make a difference
2007
A photographic biography of Rosa Parks, discussing her childhood, marriage, and work on behalf of civil rights for African-Americans, focusing on her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, which led to the end of segregation in Alabama.

Rosa Parks

2005
Presents a brief biography of Rosa Parks, who, in 1955 Alabama, refused give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, and provides information on her childhood in Alabama and her achievements in the Civil Rights movement.

Rosa Parks

2003
A simple introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks

2009
Looks at the life of Rosa Parks, discussing her childhood in the South, her encounters with prejudice and discrimination, the lessons she learned about dignity and self-respect, and her involvement in the civil rights movement which led to her refusal in 1955 to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white man.

Rosa Parks

civil rights pioneer
2007
A photo-illustrated chronicle of the life of Rosa Parks, which describes her childhood, how her refusal to give up her bus seat triggered the Civil Rights Movement, and her legacy.

Rosa Parks

2010
Briefly profiles the life of Rosa Parks, discussing her childhood, arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus, and fight for equal rights.

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