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When the seamstress Rosa Parks (1913-2005) from Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger in 1955, this was a courageous act in the apartheid society of America at the time, and even more so: an act of resistance against oppression and social marginalisation. Rosa Parks‘ actions triggered the Montgomery bus boycott and marked a milestone in the African-American civil rights movement, which she would go on to pioneer. Her story is still relevant today and is an example of non-violent resistance and the fight for civil rights, which are also human rights.
The author tells the life story of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) embedded in the social conditions and developments of her era and honours Parks‘ role as a role model that concerns us all.
With Rosa Parks: A Woman of Courage , BUXUS EDITION is launching a new series of books on the subject of human rights in plain language. This will give many people with reading difficulties – it is estimated that up to 21 million people are affected – the opportunity to find out about political and historical topics in an understandable form and thus to participate in society, in short: to have their say.
The easy-to-read language used in this book, which is deliberately designed to be reader-friendly, follows the scientific recommendations of the Duden Easy Language and thus the latest findings of the Easy Language Research Centre at the University of Hildesheim. The audiobook is available for streaming on the BUXUS STIFTUNG gGmbH website; detailed information can be found in the book. The book can be read alone or in reading groups, schools and inclusive educational institutions as well as other institutions that create opportunities for participation.
Further publications in the series are in preparation.