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(0)Jeanne Theoharis
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography
2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians
Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013
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
Presenting a corrective to the popular
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"Jeanne’s book not only inspired the documentary but has been a catalyst in changing our national understanding of Rosa Parks. Highly recommend!”—Soledad O’Brien, executive producer of the Peabody Award–winning documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
"A must-read for young people.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
Now adapted for readers ages 12 and...