The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks /
Theoharis, Jeanne.
The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis. - Boston : Beacon Press, ©2013. - xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-295) and index.
National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- 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 -- 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. "A "The
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.
9780807050477 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807050474 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807050484 (electronic) 0807050482 (electronic) 0807033324 9780807033326
2012031992
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
African American women civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
Segregation in transportation--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
F334.M753 / P3883 2013b
The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis. - Boston : Beacon Press, ©2013. - xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-295) and index.
National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- 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 -- 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. "A "The
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.
9780807050477 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807050474 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807050484 (electronic) 0807050482 (electronic) 0807033324 9780807033326
2012031992
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
African American women civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
Segregation in transportation--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.
F334.M753 / P3883 2013b