The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, (Paperback)

from dkohler52

I admit I only knew of Rosa Parks as the courageous lady who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, resulting in the bus boycott and eventual desegregation of the busing system in Montgomery. But this brave act was only part of her work to restore dignity to the Af...

from sentimental13

Theoharis offers a dense and well-researched history of the life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Eloquently worded, this text provides a variety of important stories to explain how Parks navigated life in the south and refused to give up regardless of the circumstances. I was most struck by the conclusion. I...

from bks1953

Who in this country has not heard of Mrs. Rosa Parks? Yet, on the flip side of this same coin, how much do we know of her and her life? Many might think they do, yet Jeanne Theoharris' informative biography is a remarkable effort in fully answering that question. Written from an admittedly Leftis...

from doggonelaura

This was a very interesting and comprehensive book. Many of our U.S. History students choose the civil rights era for their junior paper, which was the reason I requested this book as an early reviewer. Although I only read about a third of this, it was very interesting—it covers so much of her l...

from mrmapcase

This book set out to debunk the myth that Rosa Parks was a onetime activist. This is a definitive examination of Parks' continued fight for civil rights long before her famous bus ride, and long afterwards, in the face of discrimination, both from whites and black men, in the form of everything f...