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Rosa Parks

Written by: Douglas Brinkley
Narrated by: Karen White
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In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. into the national spotlight. Who was she, before and after her historic act, and how did that act sound the death knell for Jim Crow? Historian Douglas Brinkley brings mid-20th century America alive in this brilliant examination of a celebrated heroine in the context of her life and tumultuous times. Here is the quiet dignity, hope, courage, and humor that have made this every-woman a living legend.©2000 Douglas Brinkley (P)2001 Books on Tape, Inc. Americas Freedom & Security Historical Politics & Government Social Sciences United States Witty

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"Brinkley's tribute to Parks succeeds...because of its wealth of insight and rich portraiture. "(Publishers Weekly)

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