Who was Rosa Parks?

By Stephen Marchesi, Yona Zeldis McDonough

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Derechos civiles, History, Civil rights workers, juvenile literature, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956, Historia, Literatura juvenil, Afronorteamericanos, Biografía, Montgomery (ala.), race relations, Segregación en el transporte, African American women, African americans, alabama, montgomery, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, African Americans, Biography, Civil rights workers, Parks, rosa, 1913-2005, juvenile literature, African americans, biography, Civil rights, Race relations, Alabama, juvenile literature, Parks, rosa, 1913-2005, Women, Segregation in transportation, Relaciones raciales, Biografia

Description: 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 "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."