Theoharis demonstrates the three interesting perspectives of Civil Rights through the life Mrs. Rosa Parks. Mrs. Park involvement in political actions was to liberate the African Americans who were undergoing several injustices. Evidence from Theoharis’s book “The Rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” indicate that Mrs. Park faced humiliation because of her race and gender. Ideally, Mrs. Park was a great worker who embraced justice in numerous local organizations in Montgomery and Alabama.
In the South, African Americans faced several injustices such as arrests and unnecessary beatings by the law enforcing officers. Interestingly, activists were harassed and threatened both verbally and physically, in fact, some of the segregation resistor’s houses were bombed. The African Americans became poor because the Whites controlled businesses (Charron 564). The African Americans were not allowed to engage in any commercial activity. Mrs. Parks lost her tailor job because she was among the activists who organized a bus boycott to demand the civil rights of African Americans.
The efforts of Mrs. Parks were realized a year later when the court ruled segregated buses to be unconstitutional since then the public transport system became integrated (Theoharis 14). However, the health and economic challenges continued, especially among the African Americans. In particular, Park’s mother needed care, and her husband had resigned from his job.
The economic crisis forced Parks and her family to move to Detroit. In the new city, Mrs. Parks continued her fight against racial segregation. Notably, during 1950’s and 1960’s Parks traveled widely and spoke on the issue of Civil Rights, she emphasized the need for equality in Detroit. At the time when Parks lived in Detroit, there was city’s rebellion that led to massive loss lives. The property of African Americans was destroyed (Charron 565). In essence, the primary cause of the violence was racial segregation, especially in housing. Despite the fact that Detroit was a Northern city, it presented similar cases of racial discrimination as those in the South. Mrs. Parks kept speaking on the subject of Civil Rights in various parts of the world. Parks gained public prominence, and she managed to stop racial segregation based on gender through Civil Rights movement.
Works Cited
Charron, K. M. "JEANNE THEOHARIS. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." The American Historical Review 119.2 (2014): 564-565. Print.
Theoharis, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Random House Inc, 2014. Print.
Theoharis, Jeanne. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Boston: Beacon Press, 2013. Print.
