The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807033326 (paperback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780807050477 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0807050474 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0807033324 (paperback : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references 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.