Title The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis ; adapted by Brandy Colbert and Jeanne Theoharis.

Publication Info.	Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
	©2021

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Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen	TEEN BIOG. PARKS, R.	Storage
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult	YA-B PARKS ROSA	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department	TEEN B PARKS ROSA	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography	B PARKS	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult	YA 92 PARKS, ROS	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult	YA 92 PARKS, ROS	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen	YA B PARKS	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Young Adult	YA B PARKS	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Teen	TEEN BIOG PARKS, ROSA	Check Shelf

Edition	Young readers' edition.
Description	296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A (Shy) Rebel Is Born -- Following Rules and Breaking Some, Too -- Introducing Raymond Parks: "The First Real Activist I Ever Met" -- The Newest Member of the NAACP -- Organizing in the Face of Opposition -- The NAACP Youth Council Gets a Fresh Start -- Resistance + Anger = Seeds of Change -- Claudette Colvin Sits Down (And Rises Up) -- Highlander Folk School -- Seeking Justice for Emmett Till -- December 1, -- A Boycott Blossoms -- Rosa Parks Goes to Court -- A Yearlong Boycott -- The Best of Times and the Worst of Times -- Victory at Last (but the Struggle Continues) -- "The Northern Promised Land that Wasn't" -- Rosa Parks Joins the Fight Up North -- The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- Working for John Conyers -- Meeting Malcolm X -- Going (Back) Down South -- The Detroit Uprising -- The Assassination of Dr. King -- Black Power! -- "Freedom Fighters Never Retire" -- The Struggle Continues.
Summary	"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, challenging young readers perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 12+ Beacon Press.
Subject	Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
	African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005. (OCoLC)fst00209244
	African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Segregation in transportation. (OCoLC)fst01111234
	Alabama -- Montgomery. (OCoLC)fst01202689
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Young adult non-fiction.
Added Author	Colbert, Brandy, author.
	Adaptation of (expression): Theoharis, Jeanne, 1969- Rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
Other Form:	Online version: Theoharis, Jeanne, 1969- The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Young readers' edition. Boston : Beacon Press, [2020] 9780807067581 (DLC) 2020011431
ISBN	9780807067574 (trade paperback)
	0807067571 (trade paperback)
	9780807067581 (ebook)

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