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Jeanne Theoharis is an American political science professor and author known for her scholarship on civil rights history and African American political thought. She teaches at Brooklyn College and has written extensively on figures such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
Known for: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
This biography presents a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of Rosa Parks, revealing her lifelong commitment to civil rights and social justice beyond the famous Montgomery bus boycott. The book explores her activism, political engagement, and the broader context of racial inequality in America, challenging the simplified narrative of Parks as merely a quiet seamstress who refused to give up her seat.
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Early Life in Pine Level and Montgomery
Rosa Louise McCauley was born in 1913 in Pine Level, Alabama, a small rural town steeped in post-Reconstruction racial hierarchies. Her childhood unfolded under Jim Crow, a society that legally codified Black inferiority and white supremacy. Yet from an early age, she also absorbed the fierce indepe...
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Work with the NAACP
When Parks became secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the 1940s, she stepped into one of the toughest positions a Black woman could hold in the segregated South. Theoharis underscores that the title “secretary” belied the s...
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About Jeanne Theoharis
Jeanne Theoharis is an American political science professor and author known for her scholarship on civil rights history and African American political thought. She teaches at Brooklyn College and has written extensively on figures such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on the inter...
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Jeanne Theoharis is an American political science professor and author known for her scholarship on civil rights history and African American political thought. She teaches at Brooklyn College and has written extensively on figures such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on the inter...
Jeanne Theoharis is an American political science professor and author known for her scholarship on civil rights history and African American political thought. She teaches at Brooklyn College and has written extensively on figures such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on the intersection of race, politics, and social movements.
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