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Rosa Parks (1913–2005)

Author of Rosa Parks: My Story

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Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended the Montgomery Industrial School, which emphasized domestic sciences such as cooking, sewing, and caring for the sick. She married Raymond Parks in 1932 and was one of the first women to join the show more Montgomery branch of the NAACP in 1943. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man and was arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance. Her actions inspired 50,000 blacks in Montgomery to boycott the city buses for a year until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the segregated busing policy was unconstitutional. She moved to Detroit, Michigan with her husband in 1957 and served as a secretary/ receptionist for U.S. Representative John Conyers from 1965 to 1988. She founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development, which sponsors an annual summer bus trip around the country for teenagers to learn the history of their country and the civil rights movement. She received numerous awards during her lifetime including the NAACP's Springarn Medal in 1979, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999. She died on October 24, 2005 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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The Portable Sixties Reader (2002) — Contributor — 324 copies
Wade in the Water: Great Moments in Black History (1979) — Contributor — 20 copies

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EducatingParents.org rating: Approved
Historical time frame: 1913 - 1991

Warning: discussion of racism, violence, etc.

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Not only is Rosa Parks an inspiration to activists around the world, but her writing is also inspirational and beautiful. It is amazing what she had to go through to receive basic rights for black people, yet she is totally humble and thankful to everyone who supported her in her activism. The book also has photos, including ones from the bus boycott. There is some description of brutality, so I'd recommend this book to ages 15+, especially if you're like me and are quite sensitive to violence.… (more)
 
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MamaBearLendingDen | 15 other reviews | Jan 1, 2024 |
Note: I received a finished hardcover of this book from the publisher at ALA Midwinter 2018.
 
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fernandie | 1 other review | Sep 15, 2022 |
Dec. 1 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Alabama bus boycott.
 
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