{"product_id":"the-rebellious-life-of-mrs-rosa-parks-adapted-for-young-people-paperback","title":"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrandy Colbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by), \u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003ci\u003e The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A must-read for young people.\"--Bryan Stevenson, author of \u003ci\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Chicago Public Library's \"Best of the Best Books of 2021\" Selection - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best YA Biography and Memoir of 2021\" Selection \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosa 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosa 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e will help do that for a new generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of City University of New York and the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles on the civil rights and Black Power movements and the contemporary politics of race in the US. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a 2014 NAACP Image Award) and \u003ci\u003eA More Beautiful and Terrible History\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2018 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for Nonfiction). Connect with her on Twitter (@JeanneTheoharis). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandy Colbert\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of several books for children and teens, including \u003ci\u003eThe Only Black Girls in Town\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Voting Booth\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Stonewall Book Award winner \u003ci\u003eLittle \u0026amp; Lion\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the cowriter of Misty Copeland's \u003ci\u003eLife in Motion\u003c\/i\u003e young readers' edition. Her books have been chosen as Junior Library Guild selections and have appeared on many best-of lists, including the American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults. She is on faculty at Hamline University's MFA program in writing for children and lives in Los Angeles.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768819056928,"sku":"9780807067574","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9556a2f7130f5b638991380e0af0c37.webp?v=1780338097","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-rebellious-life-of-mrs-rosa-parks-adapted-for-young-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}