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History Comics: Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin

Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Shauna J. Grant

Part of the History Comics series, this volume looks at Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It describes the two women opposing segregation and connects their actions to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The book frames their story as history, returning readers to the events that set the boycott in motion. Its subject brings together two civil-rights figures and a major protest against segregation.

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Themes
History · Racism And Prejudice · Social Justice
Format
Paperback
Publisher
First Second
Published
January 3, 2023
Pages
128
ISBN-13
9781250174222
Language
English
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