The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis.
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: 9780807050477 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0807050474 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0807033324
- ISBN: 9780807033326
- Physical Description: xvi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 PARKS (Text) | 50686014863174 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 323.092 P252T (Text) | 85131001352153 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | B PARKS (Text) | 3644600181121. | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | BIOG PARK-R (Text) | 35740634378822 | Biography | Available | - |
Hamburg Public Library | 323.092 THE (Text) | 33249020560300 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | BIO PARKS (Text) | 33400001150617 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Mansfield Free Public Library | 323.092 THE (Text) | 31415762 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | B PARKS THE (Text) | 34422006695205 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Pottsville Free Public Library | 923.673 P237T (Text) | 30003008656405 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
RPL - Southeast Branch Library | 323.092 The (Text) | 33223007889164 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Shamokin Coal Twp Public Library | 92 PARKS (Text) | 23175000243405 | Biography | Available | - |
Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) | BIOG PARK-R (Text) | 35732628665389 | Biography | Available | - |
Valley Community Library | 92 PARKS (Text) | 50690010898036 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hughes Library | B PARKS (Text) | 32378004062669 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Newfoundland Area Library | BIO PAR (Text) | 38445000501996 | Biography | Available | - |