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2000, ISBN: 9780670891603

ID: 136371534

New York: Viking Penguin, 2000. 2000 HARDCOVER book in dust Jacket ; later printing ... New from 2000 publisher ; feltpen mark bottom edge ; Never opened, Never read. Book size: 5-1/2" wide x 8" tall x 1" thick. Handsome book with special jacket showing round photo portrait of Rosa Parks. . The brave and beloved American icon Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress in 1955 Alabama, had no idea she was changing history when, work-weary, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus ... Historian Douglas Brinkley shreds several key myths surrounding Rosa Parks, the African-American woman who became "the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" at the age of 42, when she boldly defied Jim Crow laws, catalyzed the historic 381-day Montgomery bus boycott and stirred the nation's conscience... Now 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 historical act, and how did it sound the death knell for Jim Crow ? ... A more complex personality than is suggested by her shy, soft-spoken public persona, Brinkley reveals. Despite a humble, fatherless childhood in rural Alabama, she quickly distinguished herself as a tireless worker with the local NAACP, devoting her energies to area youth groups, recording the problems of victims of hate crimes and participating in the organization's major state conferences ... Historian Brinkley, whose "vigorous language" and "marvelous portraits" ( Stephen Ambrose ) have made him an acclaimed author, brings mid 20th century America alive in this brilliant examination of a celebrated heroine in the context of her life and tumultuous times . This book is : " Rosa Parks " ... by Douglas Brinkley ... Published by Viking Penguin , New York 2000 ... Later printing Hard cover book in DJ . *** Securel packing for Safe Shipping since 1965 ***. Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. New/New. 5-1/2 x 8 x 1 "., Viking Penguin, 2000

ISBN: 9780670891603

ID: 2413867

Rosa Parks has been called the mother of the civil rights movement. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, when, in 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. She was arrested and convicted of violating a local ordinance, but her act of defiance sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year. This single act of defiance was the catalyst for Martin Luther King, Jr., then an unknown clergyman, to rise into the national spotlight. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation on city buses. In "Rosa Parks", Douglas Brinkley's talent as an award-winning historian shines as he brilliantly examines an American heroine in the context of this tumultuous time in US history. Rosa Parks Brinkley, Douglas G., Viking Books

2000, ISBN: 9780670891603

ID: 53853537

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2000. Book. As New. Hardcover. 5-1/2" x 7-3/4". HB, 246 pp., As New/As New. Pages bright, clean, & unmarked. Binding tight. Appears unread. Slight shelf wear. An eye-opening portrait of the quiet and courageous woman whose solitary protest against racism on a bus one day became a modern-day legend. Author is distinguished professor of history & director of the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans.., Viking Press, 2000

ISBN: 9780670891603

ID: 1104585188

Viking Adult. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Viking Adult

2000, ISBN: 0670891606

ID: 30176276429

[EAN: 9780670891603], Gebraucht, [PU: Viking Adult], Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.