Parks was born. She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in montgomery, alabama. An act of resistance that launch the modernday Civil Rights Movement. Today, we spend the hour looking at her life. We have one of the most famous americans of the 20th century treated like a Childrens Book hero, not seen as being worthy of a substantive, scholarly treatment. That is what surprised me and continues to surprise me, the ways that we diminish her legacy by 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. We speak with historian jeanne theoharis, her new book, the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has granted itself the right to launch a preemptive strike on foreign targets. Cyber attacks would be carried out, should the what has been the n
White and the blacks separate. King a filmed record. From montgomery to memphis. In a black History Month special, we air excerpts of the releasing oscarnominated documentary about dr. Martin luther king and the rise of the civilrights movement. The film was originally screened for one night only in 1970 in more than 600 theaters across the United States. It has rarely been seen since then in the past four decades. Today in a democracy now special, we air extensive footage of the montgomery bus boycott, and in its 50th anniversary year of the 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom, we hear dr. King and his own words. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Afghan president karzai has ordered his special Operations Forces out of the province of wardak for alleged involvement in crimes against civilians. In a statement, karzai accused u. S. Special forces of harassing, annoying, torturing and even murderi
How are we culture he . On rosa parks 101st day, her birthday, the author explores the question of rosa parks. What was behind that . Those that know her. What is the price paid for having done something . Dr. Jeanne theoharis answers some of those questions and she writes it in her new book the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks. Jeanne theoharis was born in Staten Island six weeks ago and her family moved to milwaukee, wisconsin, where she was raised. She held the first chair in womans studies and as professor of science at boca raton college, she is also cofounder of educators for civil liberty. She is the author of numerous books on the Civilrights Movement and the politics of race in the United States including as coauthor of schools suck students talk back to the segregated nation and its failures of segregated schools. Jeanne theoharis received her ab in afroamerican studies from Harvard College and ph. D. In American Culture from the university of michigan. She is author or coa
Why you selected those photographs, i would like to hear about that in terms of the true similarities and i would love to hear any comments you would care to share when families got together for the unveiling and two sides of the family together to describe in appropriate ways the interaction between them. The families do find a resemblance. I was actually in nashville recently where another member of the Shields Family and others descended from the white shield family pass along a photo that shifts the brother of her owner was remarking on the resemblance. Dolphus who lived in birmingham, the first ladys great great grandfather lived there at the same time his wifes half brother lived there and they lived not far. His brother lived kind of clothes to wear dolphus had a carpentry shop. People who knew him said he had a white visitor who would come and talk, of which was spun usual at that time and a very segregated city for the end of his life. This woman said that was his brother. The
Said i think hes telling me to trust myself. Um, and, you know, follow the gleam of light in your own mind from within, etc. , etc. , etc. It seems to me that cuts through a lot of this stuff weve been talking about and hearing about this weekend in the sense that, you know, when all else fails, we can take these writers straight. Its an extreme remedy, but it is possible, yeah. [laughter] they do talk to you. Thank you. One more . [applause] one more. This is the most moving lecture ive heard. For some reason it just pushed the right button. Im one and ive read all the books that you suggested, but i read them as a teenager as you did, certainly am going to go read them again. Do you have any other wonderful suggestions of books we should read . [laughter] well, if you havent read them all again, read my wifes books again, annie dillard. American childhood [applause] [inaudible] nice. Thank you. [applause] visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the au