Rosa Parks: A Life by Douglas BrinkleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is one of the very few biographies on Rosa Parks that has been written for adults. Brinkley does a fine job of covering the life of Parks from childhood through death. His focus is on her work with the NAACP and the fight for civil rights. It all culminates with her iconic refusal to move to the back of a bus in the segregated town of Montgomery, AL. That stand, or sit in this case, is but one small part of her contributions to civil rights. Her work throughout her life earned her the moniker "mother of the civil rights movement."
It is obvious, by Brinkley's description of Parks, that she was a wonderful, kind woman who could seem shy and meek but had gumption when it was needed. I am surprised that so little has been written about her. She was about more than just that one defiant moment on a bus. She worked hard and spent her life fighting for voting and civil rights for African Americans. Her contributions should not be ignored.
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