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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793578858 Title: The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Author: Jeanne Theoharis Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9780807050477 0807050474 0807033324 9780807033326 OCLC:793578858

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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Author:	Jeanne Theoharis
Publisher:	Boston : Beacon Press, ©2013.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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.
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Subjects	Parks, Rosa, -- 1913-2005. African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography. Women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Rosa Parks; Rosa Parks
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Jeanne Theoharis Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780807050477 0807050474 0807033324 9780807033326
OCLC Number:	793578858
Description:	xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Jeanne Theoharis.

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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.

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