--Hillary Landorf and Ethan Lowenstein
Have the authors of trade books and textbooks brushed over essential aspects of Rosa Parks and her story? She had a long background of service and commitment to promoting the rights of African-Americans. She was not an "anonymous" seamstress, as sometimes portrayed.
Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1603/160305.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/cold-war-civil-rights
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-studies-and-young-learner
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/elementary
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory