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Books like Rosa Parks

24 titles for readers of Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser, selected for shared themes: African American & Black, People & Places, 20th Century, and Women.

African American & Black People & Places 20th Century Women United States Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography History

Top related books to Rosa Parks

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

The Power of Her Pen The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

Angela Dalton

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

The Voice That Challenged a Nation A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Russell Freedman

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

VIP Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer

Heather Alexander

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book)

Nancy Johnson James

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

Dream Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

Ketanji Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court

Kekla Magoon

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

Althea Gibson The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-foot Girl

Megan Reid

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#10

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

Helaine Becker

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#11

Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll! Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

Tonya Bolden

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#12

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

Michelle Duster

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#13

March Forward, Girl From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

Melba Beals

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#14

When the Schools Shut Down A Young Girl’s Story of Virginia’s Lost Generation and the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka Decision

Yolanda Gladden

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#15

Augusta Savage The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life

Marilyn Nelson

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#16

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#17

March Forward, Girl

Melba Pattillo Beals

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#18

Mary’s Idea

Chris Raschka

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#19

Maya Angelou My First Maya Angelou [BOARD BOOK]

Lisbeth Kaiser

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • Women

#20

Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

Suzanne Slade

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#21

Who Was Langston Hughes?

Billy Merrell

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#22

Because Claudette

Tracey Baptiste

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#23

All Star How Larry Doby Smashed the Color Barrier in Baseball

Audrey Vernick

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

#24

Sweet Justice Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Mara Rockliff

Themes: African American & Black • People & Places • 20th Century

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser. Connected by African American & Black, People & Places, 20th Century. Authors featured include Lesa Cline-Ransome, Angela Dalton, Phillip Hoose, Russell Freedman, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.