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659836
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Theoharis, Jeanne
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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks /\ Jeanne Theoharis
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xvi, 304 pages, [8] pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780807050477
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: 0807050474
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-295) and index
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| Contents
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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 fas 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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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
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Parks, Rosa,1913-2005
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African American women civil rights workers-- Alabama-- Montgomery, Biography
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Civil rights workers-- Alabama-- Montgomery, Biography
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- Alabama-- Montgomery-- History-- 20th century
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Segregation in transportation-- Alabama-- Montgomery-- History-- 20th century
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Montgomery (Ala.), Race relations
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Montgomery (Ala.), Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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323.092
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F334.M753P3883 2013
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