Our Auntie Rosa
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101983201
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $37.99

Our Auntie Rosa

The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons

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Published to coincide with Black History Month, Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero--"the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus."

Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero—"the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus."

     The family of Rosa Parks share their remembrances of the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency.

     After the deaths of Rosa Parks's husband and brother, her nieces and nephews became her only family and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. In this book, they share with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101983201
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $37.99
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Praise for Our Auntie Rosa

"Rosa Parks inspired millions of Americans in 1955, including a nine-year-old boy in Arkansas learning about her story. Through the pages of Our Auntie Rosa, her family captures the quiet dignity--and commanding conviction--of one of the civil rights movement's bravest champions." --President Bill Clinton

"What a joy to discover that Rosa Parks, an international figure and 'Mother of The Movement,' was as dignified and heroic a private woman as she was a civil rights icon. This beautiful tribute, lovingly written by family members, completes the picture of a twentieth century inspiration. As compelling as what she sat down for on a bus is what she stood for at home." --Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The First Phone Call from Heaven