The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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- ISBN: 9780807050477 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0807050474 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780807050484 (electronic)
- ISBN: 0807050482 (electronic)
- ISBN: 0807033324
- ISBN: 9780807033326
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xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2013.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-295) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Jeanne Theoharis is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She received an A.B. in Afro-American studies from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in American culture from the University of Michigan. She is the author or coauthor of six books and numerous articles on the black freedom struggle and the contemporary politics of race in the United States