About this Book

As a little girl in rural Alabama, Rosa Parks never dreamed that one day she would spark a movement to challenge the laws of the United States. In 1955, Parks was simply tired of the indignities of racial segregation. Her quiet defiance on a city bus helped propel the young Martin Luther King, Jr., into the national spotlight. With simple eloquence, author Edith Hope Fine unfolds the life story of an amazing woman and leads young readers directly into the heart of the civil rights movement.