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Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks : Adapted for Young People by Jeanne Theoharis (2021, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherBeacon Press

ISBN-100807067571

ISBN-139780807067574

eBay Product ID (ePID)4050077719

Product Key Features

Book TitleRebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks : Adapted for Young People

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Women, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History / United States / 20th Century

IllustratorYes

GenreYoung Adult Nonfiction, History

AuthorJeanne Theoharis

Book SeriesRevisioning History for Young People Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight13.5 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-011430

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"To truly honor Mrs. Rosa Parks is to set the record straight. She was not an accidental heroine or just a tired old lady; she was a lifelong rebellious freedom fighter in every sense of the word. Theoharis has captured the beauty and complexity of Mrs. Parks's life. Deeply researched and engaging, this rich chronicle of Mrs. Parks's life is a page-turner for adults and youth alike. Theoharis and Colbert have told Mrs. Parks's life with so much love, care, and truth telling. Bravo!" --Bettina L. Love, author of We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Series Volume Number3

Adapted byTheoharis, Jeanne, Colbert, Brandy

Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE A (Shy) Rebel Is Born CHAPTER TWO Following Rules and Breaking Some Too CHAPTER THREE Introducing Raymond Parks--"The First Real Activist I Ever Met" CHAPTER FOUR The Newest Member of the NAACP CHAPTER FIVE Organizing in the Face of Opposition CHAPTER SIX The NAACP Youth Council Gets a Fresh Start CHAPTER SEVEN Resistance + Anger = Seeds of Change CHAPTER EIGHT Claudette Colvin Sits Down (and Rises Up) CHAPTER NINE Highlander Folk School CHAPTER TEN Seeking Justice for Emmett Till CHAPTER ELEVEN December 1, 1955 CHAPTER TWELVE A Boycott Blossoms CHAPTER THIRTEEN Rosa Parks Goes to Court CHAPTER FOURTEEN A Yearlong Boycott CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Best of Times and the Worst of Times CHAPTER SIXTEEN Victory at Last (but the Struggle Continues) CHAPTER SEVENTEEN "The Northern Promised Land That Wasn't" CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Rosa Parks Joins the Fight Up North CHAPTER NINETEEN The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom CHAPTER TWENTY Working for John Conyers CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Meeting Malcolm X CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Going (Back) Down South CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Detroit Uprising CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Assassination of Dr. King CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Black Power! CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX "Freedom Fighters Never Retire" CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Struggle Continues Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Image Credits Index About the Author About the Adapter

SynopsisRosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans today, but much of what is known and taught about her is incomplete, distorted, and just plain wrong. The young readers' edition of the NAACP. image Award-winning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks shatters the myths that Parks was meek, accidental, tired, or middle class, instead, Parks is revealed as a lifelong freedom fighter whose activism began two decades before her historic stand that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and continued for forty years after. Mrs. Parks placed her greatest hope in young people-in their vision, resolve, and boldness to take the struggle forward-and her story will help us do just that. Book jacket., "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 "A must-read for young people."-Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy Now adapted for readers ages 12 and up, the award-winning biography that examines Rosa Parks's life and 60 years of radical activism and brings the civil rights movement in the North and South to life The basis for the documentary of the same nameexecutive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien, now streaming on Peacock. The documentary is the recepient of the 2022 Television Academy Honors Award. A Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best Books of 2021" Selection A Kirkus Reviews "Best YA Biography and Memoir of 2021" Selection Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans today, but much of what is known and taught about her is incomplete, distorted, and just plain wrong. Adapted for young people from the NAACP Image Award-winning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks , Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert shatter the myths that Parks was meek, accidental, tired, or middle class. They reveal a lifelong freedom fighter whose activism began two decades before her historic stand that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and continued for 40 years after. Readers will understand what it was like to be Parks, from standing up to white supremacist bullies as a young person to meeting her husband, Raymond, who showed her the possibility of collective activism, to her years of frustrated struggle before the boycott, to the decade of suffering that followed for her family after her bus arrest. The book follows Parks to Detroit, after her family was forced to leave Montgomery, Alabama, where she spent the second half of her life and reveals her activism alongside a growing Black Power movement and beyond. Because Rosa Parks was active for 60 years, in the North as well as the South, her story provides a broader and more accurate view of the Black freedom struggle across the twentieth century. Theoharis and Colbert show young people how the national fable of Parks and the civil rights movement-celebrated in schools during Black History Month-has warped what we know about Parks and stripped away the power and substance of the movement. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks illustrates how the movement radically sought to expose and eradicate racism in jobs, housing, schools, and public services, as well as police brutality and the over-incarceration of Black people-and how Rosa Parks was a key player throughout. Rosa Parks placed her greatest hope in young people-in their vision, resolve, and boldness to take the struggle forward. As a young adult, she discovered Black history, and it sustained her across her life. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will help do that for a new generation., "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 "A must-read for young people."--Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy Now adapted for readers ages 12 and up, the award-winning biography that examines Rosa Parks's life and 60 years of radical activism and brings the civil rights movement in the North and South to life The basis for the documentary of the same name executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien, now streaming on Peacock. The documentary is the recepient of the 2022 Television Academy Honors Award. A Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best Books of 2021" Selection - A Kirkus Reviews "Best YA Biography and Memoir of 2021" Selection Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known Americans today, but much of what is known and taught about her is incomplete, distorted, and just plain wrong. Adapted for young people from the NAACP Image Award-winning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks , Jeanne Theoharis and Brandy Colbert shatter the myths that Parks was meek, accidental, tired, or middle class. They reveal a lifelong freedom fighter whose activism began two decades before her historic stand that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and continued for 40 years after. Readers will understand what it was like to be Parks, from standing up to white supremacist bullies as a young person to meeting her husband, Raymond, who showed her the possibility of collective activism, to her years of frustrated struggle before the boycott, to the decade of suffering that followed for her family after her bus arrest. The book follows Parks to Detroit, after her family was forced to leave Montgomery, Alabama, where she spent the second half of her life and reveals her activism alongside a growing Black Power movement and beyond. Because Rosa Parks was active for 60 years, in the North as well as the South, her story provides a broader and more accurate view of the Black freedom struggle across the twentieth century. Theoharis and Colbert show young people how the national fable of Parks and the civil rights movement--celebrated in schools during Black History Month--has warped what we know about Parks and stripped away the power and substance of the movement. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks illustrates how the movement radically sought to expose and eradicate racism in jobs, housing, schools, and public services, as well as police brutality and the over-incarceration of Black people--and how Rosa Parks was a key player throughout. Rosa Parks placed her greatest hope in young people--in their vision, resolve, and boldness to take the struggle forward. As a young adult, she discovered Black history, and it sustained her across her life. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will help do that for a new generation.

LC Classification NumberF334.M753P3883 2020