Rosa Parks: My Story by James Haskins, Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks: My Story

James Haskins, Rosa Parks

188 pages first pub 1948 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobio...

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