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  Claudette Colvin

  Twice Toward Justice

  by Phillip M. Hoose

  Citation:Hoose, P. (2009). Claudette Colvin: Twice toward justice. New York, NY: Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus & Giroux.Genre:Biography
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  Boycott Blues

  How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation

  by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney

  This story begins with shoes. This story is all for true. This story walks. And walks. And walks. To the blues. Rosa Parks took a stand by keeping her seat on the bus. When she was arrested for it, her supporters protested by refusing to ride. Soon a community of thousands was coming together to help one another get where they needed to go. Some started taxis, some rode bikes, but they all walked and... (more)
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  Rosa

  by Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier

  Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovannis evocative text combines with Bryan Colliers striking cut-paper... (more)
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  Back of the Bus

  by Aaron Reynolds, Floyd Cooper

  It seems like any other winter day in Montgomery, Alabama. Mama and child are riding where they’re supposed to—way in the back of the bus. The boy passes the time by watching his marble roll up and down the aisle with the motion of the bus, until from way up front a big commotion breaks out. He can’t see what’s going on, but he can see the policeman arrive outside and he can see Mama’s chin grow strong. “There you... (more)
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  Rosa Parks (First Biographies)

  by Gini Holland, Rosa Parks, James Haskins

  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 autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement and her active role in it. Her dedication is inspiring; her story is unforgettable. "The simplicity... (more)
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  Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America

  by Frye Gaillard

  Cradle of Freedom puts a human face on the story of the black American struggle for equality in Alabama during the 1960s. While exceptional leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis, and others rose up from the ranks and carved their places in history, the burden of the movement was not carried by them alone. It was fueled by the commitment and hard work of... (more)