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Jeanne Theoharis

Jeanne Theoharis is a political science professor at Brooklyn College, and a prominent writer on the civil rights movement. She is the author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.

Get Reintroduced to Rosa Parks as a New Archive Reveals the Woman Behind the Boycott

The Rosa Parks collection adds depth to the story of the civil rights heroine