![]() ![]() Unfortunately, material in some of the chapters is quite repetitive leading one to wonder if a more thorough editing of this book was needed. Some of the book’s content was published previously. Theoharis is currently professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and author of books and articles on historic and contemporary race politics in the U.S. She credits Bond with inspiring her to tell Parks’ story. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis.Īlthough Caucasian, Theoharis has the unique perspective of having worked side by side with civil rights activist Julian Bond in an academic setting. Get to know her better by reading the well footnoted book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, a forward thinking woman, did not have lofty expectations for herself or the consequences of her actions. Neither did she envision that her remains would lie in state in the United States Capitol when she died 50 years later. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Rosa Parks remained in her seat on that Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955, she had no inkling of the stir it would cause or the effects that would ripple to become a civil rights movement. Get to know Rosa Parks better by reading the well footnoted book The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis. ![]()
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