Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons

by Eddie B. Allen Jr. and Sheila McCauley Keys

In this most intimate portrait yet of a great American hero, 'the lady who wouldn't give up her seat on the bus,' the family of Rosa Parks describes the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. In Our Auntie Rosa , Mrs. Parks's loved ones share...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399173897
• ISBN13: 9780399173899
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher