Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.

"Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. During the 1950's, she helped end racial segregation in the United States. Parks first captured national attention when she refused to give up her seat on a bus. Her determination and belief in equal rights have made her an inspiration to people across the globe today. History Makers is a biography series that profiles and celebrates significant icons in U.S. history. It explores the life of a well-known history...

The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.

"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."--

Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.

"A biography of Claudette Colvin in the She Persisted series"--

"A picture book biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action"--