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In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King Jr. into the national spotlight. Who was she, before and after her historic act, and how did that act sound the death knell for Jim Crow? Historian Douglas Brinkley brings mid-twentieth-century America alive in this brilliant examination of a celebrated heroine in the context of her life and tumultuous times. Here is the quiet dignity, hope, courage, and humor that have made this every-woman a living legend.
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"It was a very good bio. Mrs. Parks was very active in the civil rights movement before she refused to give that seat to a white man. She continued to work with all kinds of people as she grew older to make sure segregatiion stayed a thing of the past (if that's possible). So glad I read this book."
— Laura (4 out of 5 stars)
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" I really enjoyed it! She is exactly what I love about the Civil Rights movement, and it turns out that the biography is as uplifting as the legend. "
— Christine, 1/12/2014 -
" Very insightful. I had no idea that she was so involved. A big difference from the "tired seamstress" that didn't want to give up her seat that I learned in school. "
— Genevieve, 1/5/2014 -
" Well written book about one of the most important women in American history. It should be required reading by all high-schoolers. "
— Jonna, 11/26/2013 -
" Good basic biography, the first I have read of Rosa Parks. 100% favorable perspective. "
— Thomas, 10/21/2013 -
" I took every weary, elated, sad dissapointed breath with her! Well written with information new 2 me. Gave me a peek at Rosa Parks before, during and after her act of "defiance." I would actually like this book in my own library so I could read it again and again. "
— Janice, 2/4/2010 -
" i relly loved this book it is so good tre'vaughn "
— Class, 11/14/2008 -
" A very interesting biography... I never knew Rosa was such an activist all of her life! "
— Rhonda, 7/23/2008 -
" This an amazing biography of a quiet and extraordinary leader of Cilvil Rights! "
— Alejandra, 6/24/2008 -
" my teacher read this to me and i was touched. this is a great book to read on black history month "
— Virginia, 12/1/2007 -
" This book is written in a no frills, fact based manner that is both refreshing and insightful. A good book about a great lady. "
— Fred, 3/5/2007 -
" The whole story is even more amazing that the small fraction we usually hear "
— Robyn, 5/22/2006 -
" Rosa Parks was an outstanding human being and this was an outstanding book! "
— Debbie, 9/17/2005
About Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley is an acclaimed historian and award-winning author of many books, including six New York Times bestsellers. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him “America’s New Past Master.” His book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and his two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes recently won the Arthur S. Link–Warren F. Kuehl Prize. Other awards he has won include the Frances K. Hutchison Medal, Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Lifetime Heritage Award. He is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies.
About Karen White
Karen White has been narrating audiobooks of all genres since 1999. Honored to be included in AudioFile’s Best Voices, she’s also a four-time Audie Finalist and has earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and Library Journal starred reviews.