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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Theoharis, Jeanne.     Subjects     Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.     Women civil rights workers, Black -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.     Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.     Blacks -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.     Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.     Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.     Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Theoharis, Jeanne.       by title:      The rebellious life ...       by call number:      323.092 P252th     Search the Web     Theoharis, Jeanne.     Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.     Women civil rights workers, Black -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.     Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.     Blacks -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.     Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.     Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.     Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography.       MARC Display

The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis. by Theoharis, Jeanne. Beacon Press, c2013. Call #: 323.092 P252th Subjects Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.   Women civil rights workers, Black -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.   Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.   Blacks -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.   Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century.   Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations.   Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9780807050477 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0807050474 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780807033326 0807033324 Description:  xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 323.092 P252th Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 323.092 P252th Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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