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A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (Picture Book Biographies) (Picture Book Biography)

by David A. Adler · 1993

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Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
civil rightscivil rightsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AlabamaAlabamaMore like thisLess of thisMontgomeryMontgomeryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 30 pages

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