A biography about Rosa Parks, the Alabama black seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a bus and helped establish the civil rights movement.

From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.

"In this compelling new book from the Library of Congress, where the Parks Collection is housed, the civil rights icon is revealed for the first time in print through her private manuscripts and handwritten notes. Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words illumines her inner thoughts, her ongoing struggles, and how she came to be the person who stood up by sitting down. At the height of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as Parks was both pilloried and celebrated, she...

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."

"Learn how Rosa Parks refused to give up her [segregated] seat on the [Montgomery, AL city] bus and became an international icon of the American civil rights movement."--Page 4 of cover.

Illustrations and rhythmic text recall the December, 1955, bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Provides biographies of four African-American heroes who fought for freedom and democracy: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama.

A brief biography of the black woman in Montgomery, Alabama, whose experiences with segregation led to her role in the early days of the civil rights movement.

A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama.