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Author
Publisher
Melanie Kroupa Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
133 p. : ill. ; 24 x 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks is the 3rd hero in in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical figure, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that made the person heroic. The heros are depicted as children throughout, telling their life stories in
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.
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