Rosa, Hardcover
Descriere
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. Rosa is a 2006 Caldecott Honor Book and the winner of the 2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
Despre autor
Yolanda Cornelia „Nikki” Giovanni Jr. a fost o poetă, scriitoare, comentatoare, activistă și educatoare americană. Una dintre cele mai cunoscute poete afro-americane din lume, opera sa include antologii de poezie, înregistrări de poezie și eseuri non-ficțiune, acoperind subiecte de la rasă și probleme sociale până la literatura pentru copii.
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