Born on Feb. 4, 1913, today would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday.
On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of resistance led to a
13-month boycott of the Montgomery bus system that would help spark the
civil rights movement. Today we spend the hour looking at Rosa Parks’
life with historian Jeanne Theoharis, author of the new book, "The
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." Often described as a tired
seamstress, no troublemaker, Parks was in fact a dedicated civil-rights
activist involved with the movement long before and after her historic
action on the Montgomery bus. "Here we have, in many ways, one of the
most famous Americans of the 20th century, and yet treated as children’s
book hero," Theoharis says. "We diminish her legacy making it about a
single day, a single act, as opposed to the rich and lifelong history of
resistance that was actually who Rosa Parks was."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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