Rosa Parks: the mother of civil rights

Rosa Parks is described by Shelton as a defiant woman who aspired to do good. The author backs this up by writing a concise political biography of Rosa Parks and supplying her with the corrective. The author's primary goal is to examine Rosa Parks' civil rights efforts over the course of her six decades. Individuals interested in Rosa Parks' narrative and the part she played in the civil rights movement are among the target audience. Hearing Rosa Parks’ disobedience act towards the order of shifting to the backside of the bus by the bus driver as well as the subsequent arrests made as a result of her disobedience act turns out to be very unjust. The author gives the reader a good understanding of the political and intellectual activities of Rosa Parks during, before as well as for the decades following her politically motivated action in the year 1958 till her death in the year 2005. The author tends to portray Rosa Parks as an individual whose whole life was stuck in struggling for social and racial justice. According to the author, Rosa’s moral certitude in relation to racial injustice evils originated from her own family’s racism in personal experiences. The book reveals that her particular beliefs were enhanced by the exposure to lectures and writings of white and black leaders as well as advocates in achieving racial equality. Theoris paints a portrait of Rosa Parks that is wonderfully comprehensive. The book has an impact on individuals with the story’s limited version as their reading of the book will create a clear sense at the power and richness of Rosa’s contribution to America’s social justice.Bredhoff, Stacey, Wynell Schamel, and Lee Ann Potter. "The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks." Social Education 63.4 (1999): 207-211. Print The authors give explanations as well as proof of Rosa Parks’s arrest that took place in Montgomery in the year 1995. Bredhoff, Stacey, Wynell, and Lee in their article are seen to support Rosa Parks’ arrest through the inclusion of various evidence and facts. The four authors’ specific purpose is to give explanations as well as reveal the arrest to provide information concerning the arrest of Rosa Parks to others. The article provides an extensive collection of teaching-related activities whereby students can conduct examinations on Rosa Parks’ records of arrest and describes the activities as those created to sufficiently accompany a racial segregation unit. In the article, the authors have targeted its audience as all individuals. This particular source will be helpful to the researcher in understanding the topic ‘Rosa Parks: the mother of all civil rights’ in a better way by providing information relating to the arrest of Rosa Parks as well as providing primary documents explaining about the arrest.Freedman, Russell. Freedom walkers: The story of the Montgomery bus boycott. Holiday House, 2006. PrintFreedman Russell in his book, freedom walkers: the story of the Montgomery bus boycott provides explanations on the various events that include and surround the bus boycott at Montgomery. He focuses on the year 1955, the time Rosa Parks did not accept moving to the backside of the particular bus she was in and leaves her sitting position for a white man thus leading to the popular bus boycott at Montgomery. He develops the specific claim through the packaging of all the necessary information relating to the boycott in his book. Russell gives his explanation to pass significant information relating to the boycott. Russell’s targeted audiences are the particular individuals that have an interest in the bus boycott at Montgomery. This book serves important to various researchers as it helps them gain an understanding of the topic more clearly by providing significant information including as well as surrounding the Montgomery boycott. The author provides different stories relating to the individuals behind this significant civil rights movements victory. The book exhibits good writing, good research, and information that is inspiring through a story on how a determined group of individuals was successful in achievements of their goal at the time individuals in control of the government were not for them. The author does well by providing adequate information relating to civil rights movements.Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson. The Montgomery bus boycott and the women who started it: The memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson. Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1989. Print This particular book tends to explain the story of Jo Ann Robinson and her role in the Montgomery boycott. In support of the particular major claim, the author creates Jo Ann Robinson’s memoir. The main aim of the author writing this book is to reveal and explain Jo Ann Robinson’s role in the Montgomery bus boycott event. The audience targeted by the author includes individuals who have interest in Jo Ann Robinson and civil rights movements. The book is important to researchers as it helps them gain an understanding of the discussed topic more clearly through the provision of significant information relating to Jo Ann Robinson’s life as well as how she was involved in the discussed topic. The author examines various narrative strategies adopted by African-American women in describing different traumatizing events of the particular movement that exposed these women to different degrees of sexual, psychological and physical violence. Jo Ann Robinson’s memoir in this book reveals a lot of significance as they explore intimate contexts of women’s lives and also pose a challenge to the triumphal and disembodied civil rights movement’s story dominating the memory of popular Americans.Parks, Rosa, and James Haskins. Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books, 1992. Print The author, Rosa Parks herself, in this book, describes the particular day she ignored the bus driver in giving up her seat on the bus that was segregated and more events that took place. Rosa tells her bus boycott story in Montgomery to Jim Haskins. She gives clear explanations relating to her significant role in civil rights movements. The autobiography is moving and creates a sense of the firsthand experience of what Rosa went through. The book reveals the troubling situation that black, women experienced. The book in explaining Rosa’s story reveals a much deeper identity of Rosa than what she is known for. Rosa’s main purpose is inspiring many people to become a significant role model in addition to how she is perceived as well as sharing her moving and unforgettable story. This autobiography by Rosa Parks is specifically intended for readers of all kind. The source is important to researchers as it gathers a lot of information on the motivations of Rosa and the way she was feeling during her lifetime.Washington University Digital Gateway Texts. Interview with Jo Ann Robinson. 27 August 1979. 26 April 2019 .This particular interview conducted by Blackside Inc. on August 27, 1979, gives explanations in the first person in relation to Jo Ann Robinson’s boycott experiences at the time of the civil rights movements. The interviewers were Judy Richardson and Llew Smith. During the process, the interviewer gives answers to questions supporting Robinson’s Montgomery bus boycott perspective. The interviewer engages in a variety of questions relating to women’s political power, the weekend of the boycott, political situation, Rosa Parks arrest and the general atmosphere at that particular time. The main purpose of the author is to give perspective to the first person in relation to the Montgomery bus boycott to gain more knowledge on what exactly took place during the events in the Montgomery bus boycott. The audience that is targeted includes individuals who have an interest in the bus boycott at Montgomery. This specific source is important to researchers as it provides them with an idea of the exact experience of the individual in relation to the discussed topic.Works CitedBredhoff, Stacey, Wynell Schamel, and Lee Ann Potter. "The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks." Social Education 63.4 (1999): 207-211. PrintFreedman, Russell. Freedom walkers: The story of the Montgomery bus boycott. Holiday House, 2006. PrintParks, Rosa, and James Haskins. Rosa Parks: My Story. New York: Dial Books, 1992. Print Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson. The Montgomery bus boycott and the women who started it: The memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson. Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1989. Print Shelton, Carol. "Theories, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought 7.1 (2013): 8. Print Washington University Digital Gateway Texts. Interview with Jo Ann Robinson. 27 August 1979. 26 April 2019 .