The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks av Jeanne Theoharis

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<b><b>The basis for the documentary of the same name executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien. <i>The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks</i> premieres on Peacock on October 19.</b><br><br>2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work–Biography/Autobiography<br> <br> 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians</b><br><br><b>Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013</b><br><br><b>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.</b><br><br>This revised edition includes a new introduction by the author, who reflects on materials in the Rosa Parks estate, purchased by Howard Buffett in 2014 and opened to the public at the Library of Congress in February 2015. Theoharis contextualizes this rich material—made available to the public for the very first time and including more than se