See an updated list: Best Resources For Teaching About Rosa Parks & 60th Anniversary Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested on this day in 1955.
Here are a few resources I’ve pulled together about her life:
The Politics of Children’s Literature: What’s Wrong with the Rosa Parks Myth is from The Zinn Education Project.
There’s an excellent review of a new biography of the late Rosa Parks in The New York Times, including this great quote:
Here are some tweets I’ve seen today:
“@BeschlossDC: This is police report on Rosa Parks, Montgomery, Alabama, today 1955: pic.twitter.com/zlMxcymxHO”
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 1, 2013
“Ending racism.” Explains a lot. RT @GOP: Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism. pic.twitter.com/snLzNuoi1a
— Craig Cheslog (@CraigCheslog) December 1, 2013
A Poorly Worded RNC Tweet On Rosa Parks Backfires is from NPR.
“@ezraklein: If racism has ended, how do you explain these 9 charts? http://t.co/iNCnXPp2Gn”
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 1, 2013
Rosa Parks: How I Fought For Civil Rights is from Scholastic.
Here’s a slideshow on Rosa Parks from CBS News.
Opinion: It’s time to free Rosa Parks from the bus is from CNN.
Rosa Parks Fast Facts is from CNN.
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