Rosa Parks: My Story
Rosa Parks: My Story
by Rosa Parks & Jim Haskins
Ages 11–15
Rosa Parks tells the full story of her life, the Montgomery bus boycott and the civil rights movement, in her own words.
- Author
- Rosa Parks & Jim Haskins
- Age
- Ages 11–15
- Type
- Autobiography
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Puffin
- In India
- Available
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