Rosa Parks

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Book Overview

Learn about the childhood of Rosa Parks, who grew up to be a legendary Civil Rights activist and an all-star in American history. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689839251
• ISBN13: 9780689839252
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

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Books for 8 year old

This is a great book. I bought it for my 8 year old. We have several books from this series.

Rosa Parks By: Kathleen Kudlinski

Crated By: Bryan Garcia Rosa Parks Rosa Parks grew up with her mother, brother, and her grandparents. Rosa had problems in school, her tonsils usually got infected not allowing her to speak loud. This infection made Rosa get left back in the fifth grade. She walks to school with her brother (Sylvester). Rosa loved sewing. It was her hobby. Rosa also had to deal with alot of segregation. White schools were better than black school. White schools had better books, buses and buildings than black schools. Some white people called black people many diferent names just because there different than them. Some white people got along with black people, and will be treated differently because of this. After the civil war ended, some white people made the Ku Klux Klan, or the KKK to scare different cultures. In Halloween the Ku Klux Klan tried to kill other cultures. That was their treat for Halloween. That just makes me mad to know that this happen. Rosa's family wanted to move back to Afica. Her family own a farm. They sell there products to have money. Rosa's family was very poor. Her grand parents were slaves. Rosa wanted to stop segregation. Segregation started with the Jim Crow Laws. Rosa was determined to finish school. Rosa's grandmother pasted away, it hurt Rosa's heart. It was a hard time for Rosa . She had a job to do, her mother was sick, and her grandmother past away. She quit school to support her family. There was one thing that made her happy, church. She went so many times to church people called her Sister Rosa. Rosa fell in love with a man named Raymond Parks. Raymond was apart of the NAACP which stands for National Association for the Advancement of colored people. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People want to stop segregation. In 1931, Rosa, and Raymond got married in Rosa's hometown, Pine Level. She went back to school to get her high school diploma. Raymond worked in a barbers shop. The NAACP tried to stop segregation in a violent way. They wanted to fight to make things better, and that was wrong. They also are trying to free the Scottboro boys. These boys were framed of abusing a white women, and beating her up. There was no cuts, or signs of abusement.The boys were still found guilty, and sentence to death.It was a all white jury, and there was no evidence, but they were still found guilty. There was an another trial, and it was fair. Five of the boys went to jail, and the rest were free to go. Rosa Parks went on a bus one day. The bus was crowded in the back. So Rosa Parks sat in the white section. The driver said "get out of the bus." Rosa refused to get off. When she was forced to get off the bus. She looked at the driver and never wanted to go on a bus with him as the driver again. She met Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. in a lecture. Rosa Parks was shocked on how he spoke. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke so calm, and peaceful. Hi