Author: Nikki Giovanni
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Title: Rosa
Genre: juvenile literature
Sub genre: civil rights, segregation,
Theme: biography
Primary and secondary characters: Rosa Parks, Raymond Parks,
Date: 2005
Award: Coretta Scott King winner
Publisher Company: Henry Holt and Company, LLC
Brief summary on how to use for students: This book can be used in order to learn about the life of Rosa Parks and the civil rights act. The students can learn that through determination and strength, everyone is equal.
Summary: Rosa Parks lived in Alabama and rode the bus and decided to not get up for a white person. During that time period, she was sent to jail. People in the community decided to take a stand against the segregation and they wanted to make a point by walking in Montgomery Alabama in order to fight for the nonviolent movement. On November 13th, 1956, the Supreme Court rules that segregation is illegal and that everyone has equal rights.
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