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By Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jeanne Theoharis | This is the second entry of our Montgomery Bus Boycott Turns 60 Series. About two months into the Montgomery Bus Boycott, times start to become dangerous for Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family. Death threats over the phone are coming in daily to King’s home,…
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Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger. In an excerpt from The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis traces the aftermath of Parks’s arrest and the lead-up to the bus boycott, and shows exactly what was…
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Many have cast the young protesters in Ferguson, MO, as dangerous and reckless and not living up to the legacy of the civil rights movement. In fact, according to Jeanne Theoharis, they are following in the footsteps of civil rights icon and lifelong activist Rosa Parks.
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Beacon authors respond to a week of intense protest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer.
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, we’ve put together a list of essential books that we hope will inspire future generations to come together for progressive social change.
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Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, examines the true legacy—of activism, struggle, and radical transformative change—left by Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela.
Beacon Broadside 