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Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The Montgomery Bus Boycott began when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus. The campaign that followed was one of the most important protests against segregation in the United States. The boycotters stood up for their beliefs. Explore the points of view of the boycotters and the people who opposed them"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A story of resistance, strength and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel about Rosa Parks invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the civil rights leader and the powerful act that earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"-brought to life through gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations."--
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning broadcast journalist Karen Gray Houston tells the story of the key roles played by her father, Thomas Gray, and her uncle, Fred D. Gray, in the historic Montgomery bus boycott, the action that kick-started the civil rights movement"--
In 1950, a Negro man named Hilliard Brooks was shot and killed by a white police officer in a confrontation after he tried to board a Montgomery city bus. Thomas Gray, who had played football with Brooks...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An inspiring picture-book biography about the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, from an award-winning illustrator. Georgia Gilmore was cooking when she heard the news Mrs. Rosa Parks had been arrested--pulled off a city bus and thrown in jail all because she wouldn't let a white man take her seat. To protest, the radio urged everyone to stay off city buses for one day: December 5, 1955. Throughout the boycott--at...
Author
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed--bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch...
12) Rosa's bus
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The story of an ordinary bus... until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat which became a pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement. Follows the bus's history from the streets of Montgomery to the Henry Ford Museum.
14) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, the woman often referred to as "the mother of the civil rights movement."
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