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If a Bus Could Talk : The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold (2003, Trade Paperback)

If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus and couldn't sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand up for freedom. In this book a bus does talk, and on her way to school a girl named Marcie learns why Rosa Parks is the mother of the Civil Rights movement. At the end of Marcie's magical ride, she meets Rosa Parks herself at a birthday party with several distinguished guests. Wait until she tells her class about this

Book Title
If a Bus Could Talk : the Story of Rosa Parks
Author
Faith Ringgold
Illustrator
Ringgold, Faith, Yes
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, People & Places / United States / African American, Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, History / United States / 20th Century, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
32 Pages

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