Rosa Parks, Updated Edition (Black Americans of Achievement

by Mary E. Hull, Gloria Blakely, Dale Gelfand

On December 1, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks took a stand by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her defiance against an unjust system triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped spark the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Parks demonstrated the effectiveness of unified peaceful protests, and throughout her life she advocated an end to violence, discrimination, and injustice, eventually establishing the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. Rosa Parks, Updated Edition, includes fresh insights on the life and legacy of the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement."

122 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Mary Hull holds a B.A. in History from Brown University. She is the author of many works of nonfiction for young readers, including Shay's Rebellion and the Constitution, The Boston Tea Party in American History, Mary Todd Lincoln, The Mongol Empire, and The Travels of Marco Polo.

Reviews

[Ayoca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can be used during Social Studies and with grades 4-9. It is about Rosa Parks life and the big events that happened in her life. She did not ever give up and always stood up for what was right.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really did like this book because it told all of the things that happened to her and did not leave out detail at all and the author was very descriptive things with his/her story.

[Nessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rosa Parks was an active civil rights leader and she will be in my heart for always.