Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Leader (Black Americans of Achievement Legacy Edition) - Softcover

Hull, Mary; Blakely, Gloria; Gelfand, Dale Evva

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604133252 ISBN 13: 9781604133257

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2008

Synopsis

The fascinating story of a woman's defiance and the movement it inspired.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks transitioned from seamstress and secretary to an American civil rights icon by refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Her quiet act of defiance sparked the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, which launched the career of Martin Luther King Jr. and demonstrated the effectiveness of unified peaceful protests. Parks remained a prominent activist as the civil rights movement progressed, traveling around the country to speak at various events and eventually founding the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development. Throughout her life, she advocated an end to violence, discrimination, and injustice-a message that has been carried on since her death in 2005 by the many Americans she inspired.

This new biography celebrates the legacy of the woman known as the "mother of the civil rights movement." Featuring full-color photographs as well as "Did You Know?" fact boxes and a selection of quotes from Parks, this comprehensive resource is essential for readers interested in this inspirational woman.

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About the Author

Author Dale Evva Gelfand taught herself to read at the tender age of three. Clearly she was destined to be a wordsmith--and for some 30 years she has been happily plying her craft as a writer and a freelance book editor. On the writing side, she has authored YA books--biographies (ranging from historical legends to pop culture icons) and history--as well as a number of publications about creating and preserving wildlife habitat that all speak to her affinity for nature. She was also a contributing writer to several health-related reference books. As an editor, she has worked with major publishing houses on virtually every genre imaginable, from romances and Edgar Award-winning mysteries to cookbooks and guidebooks. When not reading pretty much anything she can get her hands on--especially of the history and arts variety--she can be found tending her gardens, hiking the woods with her lovable mutt (who co-exists with her two lovable cats far better than they co-exist with one another), and photographing the world around the upstate New York home that she shares with her significant other.

Edition details

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604133252
• ISBN 13: 9781604133257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122