Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights

Kittinger, Jo S.

ISBN 10: 1590787226 / ISBN 13: 9781590787229

Editore: Calkins Creek, 2010

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Riassunto:

Here is the remarkable story of Bus #2857 and its passengers, including Rosa Parks, who changed history in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955. 

Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front, and Black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was ordinary -- until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights moment, which was led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, Black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery. This picture book is told from the point of view of the bus, telling its story from the streets where it rode, to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum.

Informazioni sull?autore: Jo S. Kittinger is the author of more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Steven Walker is an illustrator whose numerous clients include Highlights for Children and the Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Westerville, Virginia.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights
Casa editrice: Calkins Creek
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: hardcover
Illustratore: Walker, Steven
Condizione: Good