Rosa Parks: Meet a Civil Rights Hero (Meeting Famous People)

Fine, Edith Hope

ISBN 10: 0766020991 ISBN 13: 9780766020993

Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc, 2004

Lively, fact-filled, and fun to read, the Meeting Famous People series introduces young readers to some of the amazing people of our past and present. These well-researched titles fill the need for early-grade biographies with an inviting four-color design and photos on every page. Whether reading for reports or for fun, children will come away with an understanding of each person's challenges, accomplishments, and impact on the world. Each of these books includes a timeline, words to know, a further reading list with Internet addresses, and an index.

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Gr. 3-4. The struggle for civil rights is the story here. Far from the myth of the tired, innocent seamstress, this clear biography in the Meeting Famous People series shows that Parks was a longtime political activist. Her grandparents had been slaves, and she grew up under segregation. But she was secretary of the NAACP in Montgomery, and in 1945, despite obstacles and after four tries, she was registered to vote. The climactic 1955 confrontation when she quietly refused to give up her bus seat to a white man is electrifying, and Fine explains how the action led to the organizing of the Montgomery bus boycott, which helped start the civil rights movement. The short, clear text and the spacious design, with big type and lots of pictures of segregation and protest, make this a fine introduction to the person and the political history. Hazel Rochman
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