Audio Books & Poetry; Computers, Technology and Science; Music, Arts & Culture; News & Public Affairs; Spirituality & Religion; Rosa Parks : my story Bookreader Few will be unmoved by the tactics employed by whites to disrupt the subsequent boycott; at the center, always, is Parks's dignified, calm recounting of outrages against her and other women and men, giving her words weight and impact as no raw fury could. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright Live Music Archive Librivox Free Audio. Featured. All Audio; Grateful Dead; Netlabels; Rosa Parks : my story by Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005, author. Publication date Few will be unmoved by the tactics employed by whites to disrupt the subsequent boycott; at the center, always, is Parks's dignified, calm recounting of outrages against her and other women and men, giving her words weight and impact as no raw fury could. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-04-04 15:22:24 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA180401 Boxid_2 Parks's autobiography, "My Story", was written for young people. Thus, Brinkley's book remains, at present, the standard biography of Parks. Brinkley's book is valuable for the light it casts on Rosa Parks's life and character, her relationships with other figures from the Civil Rights Movement, and life in the segregated South. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. A year later, when the boycott finally ended, segregation on buses was ruled unconstitutional, the civil rights movement was a national cause, and Rosa Parks was out of a job. Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement and her active role in it. We have collected the most relevant information on Rosa Parks My Story Audiobook.Open the URLs, which are collected below, and you will find all the info you are interested in. Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Rosa Parks's "Rosa Parks: My Story" in grades three through five, including author details, summaries, discussion questions, and activities Professional Professional "Time-saving tools for reading success"--Cover "Grades 3-5"--Cover Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2010-04-21 22:27:57 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA117406 Boxid_2 I have known about Rosa Parks all of my life and recently read 7 Women by Eric Metaxas in which he honors her story. After that book (which was excellent, by the way), I had to read more about Rosa Parks and "Rosa Parks My Story" was recommended. It is not written as a professional artist/author would write but she tells her story infinitely Audiobook by Douglas Brinkley, narrated by Karen White. In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. I have known about Rosa Parks all of my life and recently read 7 Women by Eric Metaxas in which he honors her story. After that book (which was excellent, by the way), I had to read more about Rosa Parks and "Rosa Parks My Story" was recommended. It is not written as a professional artist/author would write but she tells her story infinitely Editions for Rosa Parks: My Story: 0141301201 (Paperback published in 1999), 8417886117 (Paperback published in 2019), 237729068X (Paperback published in I have known about Rosa Parks all of my life and recently read 7 Women by Eric Metaxas in which he honors her story. After that book (which was excellent, by the way), I had to read more about Rosa Parks and "Rosa Parks My Story" was recommended. It is not written as a professional artist/author would write but she tells her story infinitely Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended the Montgomery Industrial School, which emphasized domestic sciences such as cooking, sewing, and caring for the sick. Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913, in Tuskagee, Alabama. On December 5, 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. This act of defiance led to her arrest and inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by the NAACP. The boycott lasted 381 days, until the Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional. Thank you for using ReadWorks! We are working on the site at the moment to make it even better. So please come back in about 30 minutes. Thank you for your patience while we do this maintenance.
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