PBS NewsHour
Description
What do you really know about the life and legacy of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks? Gwen Ifill talks with biographer Jeanne Theoharis, whose book 'The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks' offers a complex portrait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955.
Runtime
8 min
Series
Subjects
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2013
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Is America ready for a black President?
The Ghosts of My Lai
Tony Brown's journal. Can the Democrats win in 1992?
Tony Brown's journal. Current events 101
Tony Brown's journal. Is self-help a myth?
Vandana Shiva
San Francisco State. On strike
New black images
Is unconscious racism a killer?
Tony Brown's journal. The black valentino
Say brother. Community access
Tony Brown's journal. An outrageous program to cure all diseases
PBS NewsHour
The Witness. From the balcony of room 306
James Baldwin. Speech on civil rights