Rosa

Giovanni, N., & Collier, B. (2005). Rosa. New York: Henry Holt.

A story about Rosa and her life as a hard -working seamstress on her way home to eagerly make a homecooked meal for her husband and the encounter she has with the bus driver as she sits in a forbidden section and believes she shouldn't have to give up her seat and move to the back. The bus driver calls the police on her and is tired of the mistreatment that Black people were facing in those times. She was frustrated with the inequalities. As the police approached her, she mustered the courage and remembered all those who had been voicing the need for equality. Rosa formed and gathered a council of 25 women who shared the same beliefs and created flyers to boycott the bus that emphasized Separate was not Equal. The citizens walked for their freedom in a non violent movement. She then became known as the Civil Rights abolitionists as they over ruled segregation. A great story about a courageous woman who fought for change is sure to inspire anyone who reads it.