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Category: Jeanne Theoharis
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More than a half century later, the Montgomery Bus Boycott still resonates as a powerful example of nonviolent resistance.
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Congress and the President honored Rosa Parks with a statue in the Capitol Rotunda, but our leaders missed the truly radical spirit of the lifelong activist.
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This post originally appeared at Huffington Post. Today would have been the 100th birthday of Rosa Parks. To honor the day, we share these Ten Things You Didn't Know About Rosa Parks, compiled by Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. 1. Parks had been thrown off the bus a decade earlier by…
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She was more than just a tired woman on a bus. A new book looks at her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement.
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