The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis.
Theoharis, Jeanne.
2013
F334.M753 P3883 2013b (Mapit)
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Title
The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis.
Author
Theoharis, Jeanne.
ISBN
9780807050477 (alk. paper)
0807050474 (alk. paper)
0807033324
9780807033326
Publication Details
Boston : Beacon Press, c2013.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F334.M753 P3883 2013b
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.092 B
Summary
The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-295) and index.
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National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks
"A life history of being rebellious" : the early years of Rosa McCauley Parks
"It was very difficult to keep going when all our work seemed to be in vain" : the Civil Rights movement before the Bus Boycott
"I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed" : Rosa Parks's bus stand
"There lived a great people" : the Montgomery Bus Boycott
"It is fine to be a heroine but the price is high" : the suffering of Rosa Parks
"The Northern promised land that wasn't" : Rosa Parks and the Black Freedom struggle in Detroit
"Any move to show we are dissatisfied" : Mrs. Parks in the Black Power era
"Racism is still alive" : negotiating the politics of being a symbol.

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