Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down
2022
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Oct 19, 2022 · With Mary Frances Berry, Keisha N. Blain, Herb Boyd, Tiffany Cross. The unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott, revealing the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and her courage.
Uncover the real Rosa Parks, who was not a soft-spoken seamstress, but a determined, powerful, radical activist who dedicated her entire life to fighting for justice.
Nov 24, 2015 · 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.
Mar 29, 2013 · This first comprehensive biography rightly keeps an eye on Parks after Montgomery. Theoharis depicts Detroit’s entrenched discrimination and Parks’s decades of civil rights activism there.
Directors Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton expertly weave together interviews from academics and activists such as Bryan Stevenson, Patrisse Cullors and Ericka Huggins, along with personal...
Presenting a powerful corrective to the popular iconography of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who with a single act birthed the modern civil rights movement, scholar Jeanne Theoharis excavates Parks’s political philosophy and six decades of activism.
Feb 10, 2022 · 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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-295) and index.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which is based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien, expands the record on...
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The story of Rosa Parks' radical politics and dedication to activism told through interviews, powerful archival footage and her own words.
Award-winning directors Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton paint a vivid portrait of Mrs. Parks through a collage of video footage, personal stories from her family, and interviews with...
