Rosa Parks (Baa) (Pbk) (Z) (Black Americans of Achievement) [Paperback]

Mary Hull (Author), Mary Hull (Author), Nathan I. Huggins (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Black Americans of Achievement

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.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 7-10-Hull takes an incisive look at her subject's background, adult life, and the social climate leading up to that fateful day in December, 1955. She relates with great detail how Parks's quiet, defiant act of refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person galvanized the black community and propelled local ministers-Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.-into national prominence. The woman's participation in civil rights activities, the suffering endured by her family and community after her arrest, the legal battles arising from the boycott, and the maneuvers instituted by the white business and political leaders to stymie it are all described. However, disappointments and personal hardships stemming from Parks's stance are not discusssed. Black-and-white photographs enhance the text. This biography aptly highlights the achievements of this living legend of the civil rights movement.
Jeanette Lambert, Nashville Metropolitan Schools, TN
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791019101
• ISBN-13: 978-0791019108
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,829,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "...Even if it means Changing the World", March 8, 2006

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This review is from: Rosa Parks (Baa) (Pbk) (Z) (Black Americans of Achievement) (Paperback)

"... Even if it means Changing the World:"

Rosa Parks, a civil rights leader whom stands up to a white officer when she was told to move to the back of the bus. She talked back and was sent to jail. Around the United States she is now known as a hero. She has lost her job at the NCAAP and now sews clothing and blankets to make money. Her husband, Mr. Parks quit his job because if his wife was not able to work there, he won't either. Rosa Parks has changed the world in my perspective.

I really liked this story. The reason is because it is so true. It really speaks to you. as for me, this book is so real and descriptive it is as the words are popping right out of the page. I would compare this book to Surviving Hitler because this book gets as much as in depth into the story as Rosa Parks. This was an awesome book to read!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Rosa Parks, March 15, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Rosa Parks (Black Amer) (Black Americans of Achievement) (Library Binding)

The book I chose was Rosa Parks because she is a wall know Aferican American. I thought the story would be about Rosa Parks in the 1970 but they went back to when she was born. The story was not what i expected it to . I still feel the same after reading the story . I would rate the book with three stars.

Here is a little about the story . Rosa Parks wasa born in 1913 and grew up in Albama. she invented the Nations mos powerful Civilrights Ongenizations N.A.A.CP. She refuse to move to the back of the bus an give up her seat.This event spatked the famous bus boycott.The title of this book Rosa Parks an was written by Mary Hull...