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Author

McDonough, Yona Zeldis.

Title Who was Rosa Parks? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 2010.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Lakeside Biography	92 PAR	---	Available
Meadowlark Biography	92 PAR	---	Available
Nettels Biography	B PAR	---	Available
Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography	J BIO Parks	---	Available

Description	106 p. : illus. ; 20 cm.
Series	Who was-- ?
	Who was-- ?
Contents	Who was Rosa Parks? -- Down on the farm -- City lights -- Life with Raymond -- The call to action -- Back of the bus -- A visit to Highlander -- A new day -- "No riders today!" -- Moving ahead.
Summary	In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title #xD2;Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.#xD3; This biography has blackand- white illustrations throughout.
Subject	Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
	African American women -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.
	Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.
	Civil rights workers.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.
	Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.
	African American women -- Biography
	Women -- Biography
	Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.
	Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.
Added Author	Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.
ISBN	0448454424 (pbk.)
	9780448454429 (pbk.)