The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks - Softcover

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

 
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Synopsis

<div>Now in paperback - an important moment in history is presented in a cumulative format, accessible to the youngest readers.<br><br>In 1955, a young woman named Rosa Parks took a big step for civil rights when she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger. The bus driver told her to move. Jim Crow laws told her to move. But Rosa Parks stayed where she was, and a chain of events was set into motion that would eventually change the course of American history.<br>Fifty years later, The Bus Ride That Changed History retraces that chain of events&#8212;introducing the civil rights movement, one idea at a time. Take a ride through history in this unique retelling of what happened when one brave woman refused to stand up so that a white passenger could sit down.<br></div>

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About the Author

Pamela Duncan Edwards is the author of more than twenty books for children. Originally from England, Edwards is a former children's librarian who now lives in Virginia with her husband.

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9780618449118: The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story Of Rosa Parks

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ISBN 10:  0618449116 ISBN 13:  9780618449118
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005
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