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A review by srobertsp
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis
5.0
This political biography should be required reading. It is an excellent lesson in the deep-seated, just anger against white oppression in this Civil Rights icon, who has been sanitized by white America, as has Dr. King.
''Held up as a national heroine but stripped of her lifelong history of activism and anger at American injustice, the Parks who emerged was a self-sacrificing mother figure for a nation who would use her death for a ritual of national redemption.'' (Jeanne Theoharis)
Rosa Parks was as much a follower of Malcolm X as she was of Martin Luther King Jr., maybe more.
''Held up as a national heroine but stripped of her lifelong history of activism and anger at American injustice, the Parks who emerged was a self-sacrificing mother figure for a nation who would use her death for a ritual of national redemption.'' (Jeanne Theoharis)
Rosa Parks was as much a follower of Malcolm X as she was of Martin Luther King Jr., maybe more.