A brief history of the civil rights movement in America, including the Montgomery bus boycott and Rosa Parks' role in helping to abolish segregation on busses.
Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community.
Profiles civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose famous refusal to go to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 became a test case for the validity of segregation laws, as well as an inciting incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
Presents correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.
"Find out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America"--Provided by publisher.
