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Zusatztext "[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 Informationen zum Autor Douglas G. Brinkley Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue Chapter 1: Up from the Pine Chapter 2: Coming of Age in Montgomery Chapter 3: A Stirring Passion for Equality Chapter 4: Laying a Foundations Chapter 5: The Preparation Chapter 6: The Bus Boycott Chapter 7: Strength through Serenity Chapter 8: "We Make the Road by Walking It" Chapter 9: Steadfast and Unmovable Chapter 10: Detroit Days Chapter 11: Months of Bloody Sundays Chapter 12: Onward Epilogue Bibliographical Notes ...
