Encyclopedia of social work. Parks, Rosa / Brenda F. McGadney.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was best known as an African American civil rights activist, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, leading to conviction for civil disobedience and the Montgomery Bus boycott. The 112th U.S. Congress celebrated her 100th bir...
Main Author: | McGadney, Brenda F. (Author) |
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Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
National Association of Social Workers Press and Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
Variant Title: |
Parks, Rosa.
Rosa Parks. |
Format: | Electronic eBook |