Rosa Parks and Her Protest for Civil Rights (Dates with History) [Library Binding]

Phillip Steele (Author), Philip Steele (Author)

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Publication Date: January 2003 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Dates with History

A simple introduction to the life of Rosa Parks and her role in the efforts to gain equal rights for African Americans.

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Dates with History provides an excellent in-depth study of key dates in history. The authors have given the long-term and short-term causes of the events that took place on the special date, and then give give an update on the current position for each event. The Times Educational Supplement --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 46 pages
• Publisher: Smart Apple Media (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583402152
• ISBN-13: 978-1583402153
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,919,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars December 1, 1955, June 11, 2011

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This review is from: Rosa Parks and Her Protest for Civil Rights (Dates With History S.) (Hardcover)

It's hard to believe that this year is the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders, who in 1961 challenged segregation policies in the Deep South. But even before these civil rights activists went on their famous bus ride, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on yet another bus, on December 1, 1955.

At that history-making moment, she wasn't surrounded by friends, and wasn't supported by any organization, although the NAACP quickly took up her cause. She was just a tired woman on her way home from work, who refused to be bullied by a racist bus driver.

This slender 'Dates with History' volume is a quick, interesting read. It doesn't paint Rosa Parks as a lifeless icon, but portrays her as a feisty woman who later criticized Martin Luther King Jr. for not having any female speakers at the culmination of his famous Freedom March in Washington, D.C. A brief history of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement in America rounds out this book. There are numerous photographs, and it really is amazing how much history is crammed into these 31 pages.