2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott
that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred
slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm
became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives.
The lives these women led are part of an incredible story about courage
in the face of oppression; about the challenges and triumphs of the
battle for civil rights; and about speaking out for what you believe
in--even when it feels like no one is listening. Andrea Davis Pinkney's
moving text and Stephen Alcorn's glorious portraits celebrate the lives
of ten bold women who lit the path to freedom for generations. Includes
biographies of Sojournor Truth, Biddy Mason, Harriet Tubman, Ida
B.Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ella Josephine Baker, Dorothy
Irene Height, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Shirley Chisholm.