ROSA PARKS (1913-2005). A BOOK, Quiet Strength (The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. Cloth bound with dust jacket; 93 pp. First edition.Historical Notes: In 1955, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for violating a segregation law after she refused to give up her bus seat to a white male passenger. Her act of courage led to desegregation of the bus system in 1956. On June 15, 1999, Mrs. Parks was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor as a tribute to the power of one solitary woman whom influenced the soul of a nation. Her simple act of courage set in motion a chain of events that changed the landscape of American race relations. Height: 5 3/4" Width: 6 3/4"