| Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights Contributor(s): Kittinger, Jo S. (Author), Walker, Steven (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1590787226 ISBN-13: 9781590787229 Publisher: Calkins Creek Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2010005091 |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 9.1" W x 11.3" (1.10 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Locality - Montgomery, Alabama |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 138660 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of the bus--and the passengers who changed history. Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front and black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was an ordinary public bus until a woman named Rosa Parks, who had just put in a long day as a seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights moment, led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery. From the streets of Montgomery to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum, here is the remarkable story, a recipient of the Crystal Kite Award, of a bus and the passengers who changed history. |