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A picture book of Rosa Parks
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David A. Adler,Charles Turner |
A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement. |
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Rosa Parks
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Garnet Jackson |
A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws. |
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W.E.B. DuBois
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Patricia McKissack |
Examines the upbringing, education, writings, and political activities of one of the founders of the NAACP. |
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Mary Church Terrell
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Patricia McKissack,Fredrick McKissack |
Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of this civil rights activist. |
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Let's meet Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Helen Frost |
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a journalist who wrote about and spoke against the unfair treatment of African Americans. |
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Who was Rosa Parks?
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Stephen Marchesi,Yona Zeldis McDonough |
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 "… |
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Flying blind
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Deborah Cooke |
When a fifteen-year-old Pyr reveals that she is the Wyvern, the one female dragon shape shifter with special powers, she must fight to prevent the Mages from eliminating all the Pyr shape shifters. |
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Rosa Parks
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Maryann N. Weidt |
A brief biography of Rosa Parks, well-known for her role in the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama at the beginning of the civil rights movement. |
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Desmond Tutu, bishop of peace
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Carol Greene |
Profiles the life of the South African bishop who has worked energetically and courageously to improve the lot of black people in South Africa. |
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Princess of the press
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Angela Shelf Medearis |
A biography of the journalist, newspaper owner, and suffragette who campaigned for civil rights and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
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Coretta Scott King
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Anne E. Schraff |
Explores the life and career of Coretta Scott King, from her childhood in Alabama, through her work with the civil rights movement, to her continuing efforts on behalf of the underprivileged. |
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Mark Rowh |
A biography of the noted historian and sociologist who was an important leader of African American protest and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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Jill C. Wheeler |
A biography of the civil rights leader who spent much of his life pursuing his dream of equal treatment for fellow African Americans and for all people. |
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Nelson Mandela
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Gini Holland |
A biography of the son of a Thembu chief who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. |
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Stokely Carmichael
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Jacqueline Johnson |
A biography of the man who made famous the words "Black Power" as he fought for the rights of black people in this country, and later settled in Africa where he organizes young Africans to work for t… |
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Rosa Parks
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Wil Mara |
A simple introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil righ… |
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Nelson Mandela
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Richard Tames |
Describes the life and accomplishments of Nelson Mandela from his early activities with the African National Congress to his imprisonment and release. |
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Nelson Mandela
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Libby Hughes |
Examines the life and career of the South African civil rights leader and his impact on race relations in his country. |
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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Laura Baskes Litwin |
A biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice. |
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Coretta Scott King
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Dale Evva Gelfand |
"Biography of the wife of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr."--From source other than the Library of Congress |
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