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Rosa Parks : A life in American history / Darryl Mace.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mace, Darryl, 1975- author.
Series:
Black history lives.
Black history lives
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
Parks, Rosa.
African American political activists--Michigan--Biography.
African American political activists.
African American women--Biography.
African American women.
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery--History--20th century.
African Americans.
African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Detroit (Mich.)--Biography.
Detroit (Mich.).
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
Montgomery (Ala.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages).
Distribution:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, California : Abc-Clio, An Imprint of Abc-Clio, LLC, [2021]
Summary:
"Rosa Parks: A Life in American History explores the life of this important civil rights activist in the context of the cultural and social history of her time."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
ch. 1. The roots of race consciousness
ch. 2. Miseducation and reeducation
ch. 3. The reality of rape culture
ch. 4. Black voter registration efforts
ch. 5. Public activism
ch. 6. Youth movements
ch. 7. Battle on the bus
ch. 8. The Montgomery bus boycott
ch. 9. "Tired of giving in"
ch. 10. A symbol frozen in time. Why Rosa Parks matters.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
9798216010074
9798216140832
9781440868436
1440868433
OCLC:
1202730327

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