Rosa

"She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask " Auntie, are you going to move?" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, " No." " An inspiring account of an event that shaped American history Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni' s evocative text combines with Bryan Collier' s striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.Giovanni, Nikki is the author of 'Rosa', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312376024 and ISBN 0312376022.