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3) Rosa
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.
4) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, as well as her impact on the civil rights movement.
5) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1955, Rosa Parks bravely refused to obey a bus driver who ordered her to give up her seat because she was black. While she is best known for this action that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Parks had actually been involved in civil rights work for years. This book puts Parks' courageous stance on the bus into the context of her lifelong belief in equality. Readers learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott in detail, review her life's most important...
6) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On the morning of December 1, 1955, hardly anyone in Rosa Parks' home town of Montgomery, Alabama had heard of her. By the time that night fell, she was on her way to becoming a household name all over the United States. That morning, she had refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. Rosa, who was African American, was tired of being pushed around because of the color of her skin. The news of her arrest spread like wildfire. African American...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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."
11) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Compass Point
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the black woman sometimes known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement for her part in precipitating the Montgomery bus boycott.
13) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.
15) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Presents the life and accomplishments of the civil rights activist famous for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott during the Civil Rights Movement." --
18) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A biography of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, led to a bus boycott that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
19) Claudette Colvin
Author
Series
Publisher
Discover Roo!, an imprint of Pop!, a division of Abdo
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Get to know the life and legacy of Claudette Colvin. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropriate look at her often-overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement." --
20) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Weigl Publishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English