Who Was Rosa Parks?

Who Was Rosa Parks?

By Yona Zeldis McDonough

4 ratings 11 reviews 11 followers
Book 40 of 216 in the  Who Was Book Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 2 - 5O4.88001
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." This biography has black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN-13: 9780448454429
ISBN-10: 0448454424
Published on 12/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 112

Book Reviews (12)

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I wanted to read this book because I wanted to learn more about famous people I heard about but may not know everything about. I recommend this book to you because it teaches you what Rosa parks did. It was amazing.

gamer gamer

She is a grate leader

Beautiful Beautiful

It is great

SHE IS AMZING OLD GREAT WOMEN AND BRAVE CONFIDENT

I liked this book because it inspires you to stand your ground. The genre was biography I know this because she was a real person.

I LOV E HOW BRAVE ROSA PARKS THE WHIT MAN WAS LIKE ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP OR NA SHE WAS LIKE NA! IM NOT GETTING UP MY FEET HURT THE SAD THING IS THEY ARESTED HER BECAUSE OF A SEAT REALLY ARE THEY SERIOUS OR NA I WAS MAD I WANTED TO JUMP BACK IN TIME AND HELP HER GOOD THING SHE WAS COM BECAUSE THEY WOULD OF HIT HER WITH THAT POLICE STICK THAT MIGHT OF HURT IM GLAD SHE DIDNT FREAK OUT BECAUSE SOMETHING WOULD OF HAPPEN HER FACE WOULD OF HURT SHE WOULD BE CRY SAD AND LONLEY BUT SHE STRONG THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT ROSA PARKS

I THANK HER SO MUCH THAT IAM FINNA CRY

jaky jaky

this book was inspiring it made me think i should stand up for what i believe and to never give up for ur rights thats why i think this book was inspiring to me.....

joshua joshua

rosa parks did n ot want to give up her seat so the bus driver called the police and they came and they took rosa to jail

nicki nicki

It was amazing

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