Rosa Parks

Mariapaola Pesce, Matteo Mancini

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NBM Publishing Company
26 April 2022

Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction

Montgomery, Alabama, December 1, 1955: at the end of the working day, 42-year-old Rosa Parks, a black leather dressmaker, takes bus 2857, heading home. She sits in a center row, but when a white passenger gets on after a few stops, the driver asks her to get up to give him her seat, as required by the rules. Rosa knows them well: the blacks sit in the back, the whites in front, while the center seats are mixed and can only be used if all the others are occupied, but the whites retain priority. ""No,"" Rosa replies, she doesn't intend to get up. That simple refusal turns her into a heroine of black rights, engaged in the fight against segregation that oppresses Alabama and other southern states, becoming the propellant of the historic bus boycott in Montgomery led by Martin Luther King. This is her story shown in a context of why it is still so resonant today.

By: Mariapaola Pesce
Illustrated by: Matteo Mancini
Imprint: NBM Publishing Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 172mm,
ISBN: 9781681122915
ISBN 10: 168112291X
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 26 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matteo Mancini is an Italian illustrator, cartoonist, and graphic designer. Mariapaola Pesce was born in Genova in a family of booksellers. She has written a number of children's books and is currently part of the artistic and organizational management of a festival for young readers. She's also the author of the biography of Angela Davis (BeccoGiallo 2020).