Long before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, she had learned how resistance begins: with a name recorded, an injustice remembered, and an ordinary person who refuses to look away.
As secretary of the Montgomery NAACP, Rosa investigates racial violence, fights for voting rights, and helps bring national attention to the assault of Recy Taylor. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested for refusing to move on a segregated bus, Rosa recognizes both the girl's courage and the painful calculations of a movement waiting for the right case-and the right person.
Then, on December 1, 1955, the demand comes to Rosa herself.
Her refusal ignites the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but the public triumph conceals a more intimate story: the danger faced by Rosa and her husband Raymond, the loss of their livelihoods, and the long years in Detroit during which Rosa continues working for justice while America transforms her into a symbol.
*The Seat of Courage* is a deeply human historical novel about the woman behind the legend, the people whose earlier acts made a movement possible, and the difference between one celebrated moment of bravery and a lifetime of resistance.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Long before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, she had learned how resistance begins: with a name recorded, an injustice remembered, and an ordinary person who refuses to look away. As secretary of the Montgomery NAACP, Rosa investigates racial violence, fights for voting rights, and helps bring national attention to the assault of Recy Taylor. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested for refusing to move on a segregated bus, Rosa recognizes both the girl's courage and the painful calculations of a movement waiting for the right case-and the right person. Then, on December 1, 1955, the demand comes to Rosa herself. Her refusal ignites the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but the public triumph conceals a more intimate story: the danger faced by Rosa and her husband Raymond, the loss of their livelihoods, and the long years in Detroit during which Rosa continues working for justice while America transforms her into a symbol. *The Seat of Courage* is a deeply human historical novel about the woman behind the legend, the people whose earlier acts made a movement possible, and the difference between one celebrated moment of bravery and a lifetime of resistance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781969933387
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Long before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, she had learned how resistance begins: with a name recorded, an injustice remembered, and an ordinary person who refuses to look away. As secretary of the Montgomery NAACP, Rosa investigates racial violence, fights for voting rights, and helps bring national attention to the assault of Recy Taylor. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested for refusing to move on a segregated bus, Rosa recognizes both the girl's courage and the painful calculations of a movement waiting for the right case-and the right person. Then, on December 1, 1955, the demand comes to Rosa herself. Her refusal ignites the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but the public triumph conceals a more intimate story: the danger faced by Rosa and her husband Raymond, the loss of their livelihoods, and the long years in Detroit during which Rosa continues working for justice while America transforms her into a symbol. \*The Seat of Courage\* is a deeply human historical novel about the woman behind the legend, the people whose earlier acts made a movement possible, and the difference between one celebrated moment of bravery and a lifetime of resistance. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781969933387
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Long before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, she had learned how resistance begins: with a name recorded, an injustice remembered, and an ordinary person who refuses to look away. As secretary of the Montgomery NAACP, Rosa investigates racial violence, fights for voting rights, and helps bring national attention to the assault of Recy Taylor. When fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested for refusing to move on a segregated bus, Rosa recognizes both the girl's courage and the painful calculations of a movement waiting for the right case-and the right person. Then, on December 1, 1955, the demand comes to Rosa herself. Her refusal ignites the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but the public triumph conceals a more intimate story: the danger faced by Rosa and her husband Raymond, the loss of their livelihoods, and the long years in Detroit during which Rosa continues working for justice while America transforms her into a symbol. *The Seat of Courage* is a deeply human historical novel about the woman behind the legend, the people whose earlier acts made a movement possible, and the difference between one celebrated moment of bravery and a lifetime of resistance. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781969933387
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