Rosa Parks: A Life

by	Douglas G. Brinkley

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Fifty years after she made history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, Rosa Parks at last gets the major biography she deserves. The eminent historian Douglas Brinkley follows this thoughtful and devout woman from her childhood in Jim Crow Alabama through her early involvement in the NAACP to her epochal moment of courage and her afterlife as a beloved (and resented) icon of the civil rights movement. Well researched and written with sympathy and keen insight, the result is a moving, revelatory portrait of an American heroine and her tumultuous times.

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Weight	0.19 kg
Dimensions	1.83 × 12.6 × 17.63 cm
PubliCanadanadation City/Country	USA
by	Douglas G. Brinkley
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	256
Publisher	Penguin Publishing Group
Year Published	2005-10-25
Imprint	Penguin Books
ISBN 10	0143036009
About The Author	Douglas Brinkley is Distinguished Professor of History and director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. His books include Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House.
	"[A] precise history of the woman and the incident that would crown her the mother of the civil rights movement." —USA Today"A timely update of the historical record, told as an inspiring and unabashedly dramatic story of an American heroine." —The Seattle Times
Table Of Content	PrologueChapter 1: Up from the PineChapter 2: Coming of Age in MontgomeryChapter 3: A Stirring Passion for EqualityChapter 4: Laying a FoundationsChapter 5: The PreparationChapter 6: The Bus BoycottChapter 7: Strength through SerenityChapter 8: "We Make the Road by Walking It"Chapter 9: Steadfast and UnmovableChapter 10: Detroit DaysChapter 11: Months of Bloody SundaysChapter 12: OnwardEpilogueBibliographical Notes

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