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Rosa's Bus:the Ride To Civil Rights
[Hardback - 2010]
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Category: Children
Additional Category: Children Social Topics - Children History
Publisher: Calkins Creek | ISBN: 9781590787229 | Pages: 40
Shipping Weight: .522 | Dimensions: 9.31 x .41 x 11.38 inches

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Here is the remarkable story of Bus #2857 and its passengers, including Rosa Parks, who changed history in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955. 

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 ordinary -- until a woman named Rosa Parks 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, which was 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. This picture book is told from the point of view of the bus, telling its story from the streets where it rode, to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum.

Jo S. Kittinger was born in Miami and lived in North Carolina, Ohio, and Orlando, Florida, before settling down in Alabama. A graduate of the University of Montevallo, she is the author of more than thirty-five children's books, as well as magazine and newspaper articles and educational materials.

Thomas Gonzalez is an illustrator, designer, and portrait artist. A native of Cuba, he came to the United States when he was ten years old. He studied at the Atlanta School of Art (now called Savannah of Art and Design). After working at the Coca-Cola Company for more than twenty years, Tom held several creative positions with other global brands. He has illustrated many picture books, including the New York Times best-seller 14 Cows for America. He lives in Georgia.

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