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Rosa Parks

by Jill C. Wheeler · 2003

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A biography of 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.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thiscivil rightscivil rightsMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAlabamaAlabamaMore like thisLess of thisMontgomeryMontgomeryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 64 pages

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