The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Read Online Free Page A
Author: Jeanne Theoharis
reflect the history I tell here.
I am blessed by the remarkable gift of friendship—of friends who read chapters, reminded me time and again of the importance of telling a new history of Rosa Parks, carried on about the world with me, and sustained me over the years this book took. Prudence Cumberbatch, Dayo Gore, Karen Miller, and Brian Purnell discussed each twist and turn of this research, and cared tremendously about me and this project. Komozi Woodard was immeasurably supportive from this project’s inception and unwavering in his belief that the bigger story of the radical Rosa needed to be told. Arnold Franklin endured endless conversations about the book and my spirits. Alejandra Marchevsky is a “friend of my mind.”
And finally, like for Mrs. Parks, this all begins with my family, who taught me to love justice and practice kindness—and inspire me with theirs—and to whom this work is dedicated.
Rosa Parks outside the Highlander Folk School Library, circa 1955.
Parks, Septima Clark, and Parks’s mother pose during Parks’s visit to Highlander in December 1956 to meet with students desegregating schools in Clinton, Tennessee.
From left: Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger, Myles Horton’s daughter Charis, Parks, and Ralph Abernathy gather for Highlander’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebration, 1957.
Septima Clark and Parks share a relaxing moment at Highlander, circa 1955.
Parks and her husband, Raymond, go to court for her arraignment on December 5, 1955, the first day of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Parks with Martin Luther King Jr. circa 1955.
Parks and Stokely Carmichael outside Rev. Albert Cleage’s Central Congregational Church in Detroit, late 1960s.
Parks gets a kiss from her mother, Leona McCauley, after returning home from the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Autherine Lucy prior to a civil rights rally at Madison Square Garden, 1956.
Parks and E. D. Nixon reunite in Detroit in 1976.
Parks surveys the book tables at the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana.
Parks leads a march down Woodward Avenue in Detroit, August 1976.
Two Montgomery comrades, Parks and Virginia Durr, come together in South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1981.
Parks applauds a speech by Congressman John Conyers at a labor rally in Detroit, late 1980s.
Parks protests apartheid in front of the South African Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1985.
INDEX
Please note that page numbers are not accurate for the e-book edition.
Abernathy, Ralph, 81–82, 86, 89, 92, 94, 95, 108, 111, 121, 135, 137, 141, 146, 163, 216, 218
Alabama Journal
, 43, 57, 110, 116, 124
Alabama State College, 10, 34, 45, 50, 51, 60, 73, 80, 81, 87
Aldridge, Dan, 197, 198, 222
Aldridge, Dorothy Dewberry, 191, 198–199
Algiers Motel incident and Peoples Tribunal, 195, 197–199
Allen, Erma Dungee, 90, 119, 121, 138
Anderson, Trezzvant, 142–143, 147
Atchison, Leon, 183, 205, 206
Austin, Richard, 180, 181, 187
Azbell, Joe, 82, 87, 95–96, 73
Baker, Ella, ix, 10, 20, 25–26, 42, 91, 118, 128, 153, 201, 204, 211, 219, 255n50
Bates, Daisy, 152, 161, 162, 175
Berry, Abner, 146, 147, 184
Black Arts Movement, 192, 223
black freedom movement, ix, xi, xv, 163, 185, 189, 200, 217, 218; Christianity, 39, 92, 131–132, 177–180, 202; direct action, 34, 57, 99, 136, 153, 208, 213, 221; northern protest, 165–170, 175–180
black migration, 165, 167–168, 171–172, 177
black nationalism, 3, 177, 178, 180, 197, 204, 206–207, 223, 227, 219; and black nationalist politics, 178
Black Panther Party, 228–229
Black Power movement, xii, xiii, 179, 191, 197, 201, 219–228
black radicalism, 18, 201–207, 220; and militancy, 6, 7, 18, 26, 83, 89, 118, 119, 138, 153, 165, 167, 175, 179, 197, 199, 202, 214; Parks and, xiii, 41, 84, 169, 203, 204, 206, 207
black self-defense, xii, xiii, 3, 9, 14–15, 99, 176, 201, 202, 207–209, 212–214
black women, x, xiii, xvi, 36, 38,
I am blessed by the remarkable gift of friendship—of friends who read chapters, reminded me time and again of the importance of telling a new history of Rosa Parks, carried on about the world with me, and sustained me over the years this book took. Prudence Cumberbatch, Dayo Gore, Karen Miller, and Brian Purnell discussed each twist and turn of this research, and cared tremendously about me and this project. Komozi Woodard was immeasurably supportive from this project’s inception and unwavering in his belief that the bigger story of the radical Rosa needed to be told. Arnold Franklin endured endless conversations about the book and my spirits. Alejandra Marchevsky is a “friend of my mind.”
And finally, like for Mrs. Parks, this all begins with my family, who taught me to love justice and practice kindness—and inspire me with theirs—and to whom this work is dedicated.
Rosa Parks outside the Highlander Folk School Library, circa 1955.
Parks, Septima Clark, and Parks’s mother pose during Parks’s visit to Highlander in December 1956 to meet with students desegregating schools in Clinton, Tennessee.
From left: Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger, Myles Horton’s daughter Charis, Parks, and Ralph Abernathy gather for Highlander’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebration, 1957.
Septima Clark and Parks share a relaxing moment at Highlander, circa 1955.
Parks and her husband, Raymond, go to court for her arraignment on December 5, 1955, the first day of the Montgomery bus boycott.
Parks with Martin Luther King Jr. circa 1955.
Parks and Stokely Carmichael outside Rev. Albert Cleage’s Central Congregational Church in Detroit, late 1960s.
Parks gets a kiss from her mother, Leona McCauley, after returning home from the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Autherine Lucy prior to a civil rights rally at Madison Square Garden, 1956.
Parks and E. D. Nixon reunite in Detroit in 1976.
Parks surveys the book tables at the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana.
Parks leads a march down Woodward Avenue in Detroit, August 1976.
Two Montgomery comrades, Parks and Virginia Durr, come together in South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1981.
Parks applauds a speech by Congressman John Conyers at a labor rally in Detroit, late 1980s.
Parks protests apartheid in front of the South African Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1985.
INDEX
Please note that page numbers are not accurate for the e-book edition.
Abernathy, Ralph, 81–82, 86, 89, 92, 94, 95, 108, 111, 121, 135, 137, 141, 146, 163, 216, 218
Alabama Journal
, 43, 57, 110, 116, 124
Alabama State College, 10, 34, 45, 50, 51, 60, 73, 80, 81, 87
Aldridge, Dan, 197, 198, 222
Aldridge, Dorothy Dewberry, 191, 198–199
Algiers Motel incident and Peoples Tribunal, 195, 197–199
Allen, Erma Dungee, 90, 119, 121, 138
Anderson, Trezzvant, 142–143, 147
Atchison, Leon, 183, 205, 206
Austin, Richard, 180, 181, 187
Azbell, Joe, 82, 87, 95–96, 73
Baker, Ella, ix, 10, 20, 25–26, 42, 91, 118, 128, 153, 201, 204, 211, 219, 255n50
Bates, Daisy, 152, 161, 162, 175
Berry, Abner, 146, 147, 184
Black Arts Movement, 192, 223
black freedom movement, ix, xi, xv, 163, 185, 189, 200, 217, 218; Christianity, 39, 92, 131–132, 177–180, 202; direct action, 34, 57, 99, 136, 153, 208, 213, 221; northern protest, 165–170, 175–180
black migration, 165, 167–168, 171–172, 177
black nationalism, 3, 177, 178, 180, 197, 204, 206–207, 223, 227, 219; and black nationalist politics, 178
Black Panther Party, 228–229
Black Power movement, xii, xiii, 179, 191, 197, 201, 219–228
black radicalism, 18, 201–207, 220; and militancy, 6, 7, 18, 26, 83, 89, 118, 119, 138, 153, 165, 167, 175, 179, 197, 199, 202, 214; Parks and, xiii, 41, 84, 169, 203, 204, 206, 207
black self-defense, xii, xiii, 3, 9, 14–15, 99, 176, 201, 202, 207–209, 212–214
black women, x, xiii, xvi, 36, 38,
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