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The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis ; adapted by Brandy Colbert and Jeanne Theoharis.
"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, challenging young readers perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780807067574
- ISBN: 0807067571
- Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: Young readers' edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A (Shy) Rebel Is Born -- Following Rules and Breaking Some, Too -- Introducing Raymond Parks: "The First Real Activist I Ever Met" -- The Newest Member of the NAACP -- Organizing in the Face of Opposition -- The NAACP Youth Council Gets a Fresh Start -- Resistance + Anger = Seeds of Change -- Claudette Colvin Sits Down (And Rises Up) -- Highlander Folk School -- Seeking Justice for Emmett Till -- December 1, 1955 -- A Boycott Blossoms -- Rosa Parks Goes to Court -- A Yearlong Boycott -- The Best of Times and the Worst of Times -- Victory at Last (but the Struggle Continues) -- "The Northern Promised Land that Wasn't" -- Rosa Parks Joins the Fight Up North -- The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- Working for John Conyers -- Meeting Malcolm X -- Going (Back) Down South -- The Detroit Uprising -- The Assassination of Dr. King -- Black Power! -- "Freedom Fighters Never Retire" -- The Struggle Continues. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12+ Beacon Press. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | B P2523t 2021 (Text) | 33126024367876 | YA Biography | Available | - |
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"This definitive biography of Rosa Parks accessibly examines her six decades of activism, challenging young readers perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement."-- - Random House, Inc.
"Jeanneâs book not only inspired the documentary but has been a catalyst in changing our national understanding of Rosa Parks. Highly recommend!ââSoledad OâBrien, executive producer of the Peabody Awardâwinning documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
"A must-read for young people.ââBryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy
Now adapted for readers ages 12 and up, the award-winning biography that examines Rosa Parksâs life and 60 years of radical activism and brings the civil rights movement in the North and South to life
The basis for the documentary of the same name executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad OâBrien, now streaming on Peacock. The documentary is the recepient of the 2022 Television Academy Honors Award.
A Chicago Public Libraryâs âBest of the Best Books of 2021â Selection · A Kirkus Reviews âBest YA Biography and Memoir of 2021â Selection
Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans today, but much of what is known and taught about her is incomplete, distorted, and just plain wrong. Adapted for young people from the NAACP Image Awardâwinning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert shatter the myths that Parks was meek, accidental, tired, or middle class. They reveal a lifelong freedom fighter whose activism began two decades before her historic stand that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and continued for 40 years after. Readers will understand what it was like to be Parks, from standing up to white supremacist bullies as a young person to meeting her husband, Raymond, who showed her the possibility of collective activism, to her years of frustrated struggle before the boycott, to the decade of suffering that followed for her family after her bus arrest. The book follows Parks to Detroit, after her family was forced to leave Montgomery, Alabama, where she spent the second half of her life and reveals her activism alongside a growing Black Power movement and beyond.
Because Rosa Parks was active for 60 years, in the North as well as the South, her story provides a broader and more accurate view of the Black freedom struggle across the twentieth century. Theoharis and Colbert show young people how the national fable of Parks and the civil rights movementâcelebrated in schools during Black History Monthâhas warped what we know about Parks and stripped away the power and substance of the movement. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks illustrates how the movement radically sought to expose and eradicate racism in jobs, housing, schools, and public services, as well as police brutality and the over-incarceration of Black peopleâand how Rosa Parks was a key player throughout.
Rosa Parks placed her greatest hope in young peopleâin their vision, resolve, and boldness to take the struggle forward. As a young adult, she discovered Black history, and it sustained her across her life. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will help do that for a new generation.