Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights

by Jo S. Kittinger

Book Overview

Here is the remarkable story of Bus #2857 and its passengers, including Rosa Parks, who changed history in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955.

Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front, and Black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was ordinary -- until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590787226
• ISBN13: 9781590787229
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.1" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5