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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis.
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xxx, 306 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807076927 (pbk.)
- Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
- African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography
- Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century
- Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations
- Montgomery (Ala.) -- Biography
- 323.092 THE B 23
- F334.M753 P3883 2015
Contents:
Table of Contents
Introduction: National Honor/Public Mythology: The Passing of Rosa Parks
Chapter 1: "A Life History of Being Rebellious": The Early Years of Rosa McCauley Parks
Chapter 2: "It Was Very Difficult To Keep Going When All Our Work Seemed To Be in Vain":The Civil Rights Movement Before the Bus Boycott
Chapter 3: "I Had Been Pushed As Far As I Could Stand To Be Pushed":Rosa Parks's Bus Stand
Chapter 4: "There Lived a Great People":The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Chapter 5: "It Is Fine To Be a Heroine But the Price Is High": The Suffering of Rosa Parks
Chapter 6: "The Northern Promised Land That Wasn't": Rosa Parks and the Black Freedom Struggle in Detroit
Chapter 7: "Any Move to Show We Are Dissatisfied:" Mrs. Parks in the Black Power Era
Conclusion: "Racisim is Still Alive":Negotiating the Politics of Being a Symbol
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
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Contains a new introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction: National Honor/Public Mythology: The Passing of Rosa Parks
Chapter 1: "A Life History of Being Rebellious": The Early Years of Rosa McCauley Parks
Chapter 2: "It Was Very Difficult To Keep Going When All Our Work Seemed To Be in Vain":The Civil Rights Movement Before the Bus Boycott
Chapter 3: "I Had Been Pushed As Far As I Could Stand To Be Pushed":Rosa Parks's Bus Stand
Chapter 4: "There Lived a Great People":The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Chapter 5: "It Is Fine To Be a Heroine But the Price Is High": The Suffering of Rosa Parks
Chapter 6: "The Northern Promised Land That Wasn't": Rosa Parks and the Black Freedom Struggle in Detroit
Chapter 7: "Any Move to Show We Are Dissatisfied:" Mrs. Parks in the Black Power Era
Conclusion: "Racisim is Still Alive":Negotiating the Politics of Being a Symbol
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
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