Provides an account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a civil rights protest sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955, and which eventually led to ninety percent of African-American citizens in Montgomery, Alabama, refusing to ride city buses until the laws against segregation were upheld.
Profiles Rosa Parks, who, in 1955 Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus, and thereby sparked the bus boycott that made Martin Luther King, Jr., famous and helped end the Jim Crow laws.
Presents a short study of civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, and chronicles her life in the racially segregated South and how she was thrust into the spotlight when she refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Presents a biography of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in December 1955 launching the career of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycott that lasted three hundred eighty-one days.
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.
