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The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to b...
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Henry Holt and Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2005] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance. Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today. She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask "Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She |
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Bryan Collier is the author and illustrator of Uptown, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. He is also the illustrator of Martin's Big Words, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. The Chicago Sun-Times has called Collier's art "breathtakingly beautiful." Mr. Collier lives with his family in Harlem in New York City. www.bryancollier.com. Art techniques used: Illustrated in collage and water color, in both color and black and white. |
| Carrier Form: | 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: | 800L |
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Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2006. Caldecott Honor Book, 2006. |
| ISBN: |
9780805071061 0805071067 0545042593 9780545042598 9780312376024 0312376022 0329454757 9780329454753 1415627959 9781415627952 |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York (State) -- New York. |
| Index Number: | F334 |
| CLC: | K837.128.7 |
| Call Number: | K837.128.7/P252G |