Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (10th Anniversary Edition)

Description: New Introduction copyright à 2025 by Jeanne Theoharis.

Review Quotes: "The Rosa Parks in this book is as much Malcolm X as she is Martin Luther King Jr."
--Charles Blow, The New York Times

"Jeanne Theoharis gives us the gift of a fully human Rosa Parks, who studied, organized, loved, struggled, and stayed committed to freedom her entire life. This Rosa, the person not the myth, offers current organizers a tangible model for both engaging with and being part of our communities in authentic ways. This is a gift to movement building in our generation."
--Mariame Kaba, organizer and educator, Interrupting Criminalization

"Richly informative, calmly passionate and much needed."
--Nell Irvin Painter, The New York Times Book Review

"In the first sweeping history of Parks's life, Theoharis shows us . . . [that] Parks not only sat down on the bus; she stood on the right side of justice for her entire life."
--Julian Bond, chairman emeritus, NAACP

"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will undoubtedly be hailed as one of the most important scholarly contributions to civil rights history ever written."
--Melissa Harris-Perry, former host, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry

"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