I am Rosa Parks
By: by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins ; pictures by Wil Clay.
Contributors: Haskins, James, 1941-; Clay, Wil, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Parks, Rosa, 1913- -- Juvenile literature; Parks, Rosa, 1913-; African Americans -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Juvenile literature; Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Civil rights workers; African Americans -- Biography; Women -- Biography; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature; Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography.
Description: The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.