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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.
BIO
Sheila McCauley Keys is the seventh niece of Rosa Parks.
Eddie B. Allen began his career as a journalist covering everything from health and social issues to politics and crime, including the high-profile assault of civil rights icon Rosa Parks at her home in 1994. Eddie had previously gained notice for his reporting as a young Detroit News intern when he interviewed the assistant medical examiner in a case that left Malice Green dead from a beating by Detroit police officers. The next several years of news gathering fueled Eddie's passion to go out into the streets and tell the stories of everyday, struggling people. An introduction to the nephew of legendary urban fiction author Donald Goines resulted in Eddie's first book, Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines (St. Martin's Press, 2004) and a screenplay that Eddie adapted from the book.
REVIEWS
“For years Mrs. Rosa Parks’s family graciously shared her with the world. Yet the civil rights icon revered as the ‘Mother of the Movement’ was also their beloved ‘Auntie Rosa,’ and with Our Auntie Rosa they are now just as generously sharing their personal memories and photographs to give us all a chance to better know the extraordinary real woman and family whose courage changed history.” --Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund
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“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 20th 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
"Our Auntie Rosa gives us a glimpse into the private life of an extraordinary woman who played her part in American history with courage, intelligence, and grace. We are inspired by her life and forever grateful to her family for sharing her with us all." --Pearl Cleage, author of Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
“Rosa Parks’s bus-sitting was a stand-up call for millions and I was one of them. Yet there was a personal and public price to pay for her undaunted commitment to social justice and her people. Our Auntie Rosa is a powerful new telling and an insightful love note from her ‘daughters and sons’ whom she did not birth biologically, but through cultural and familial bonds they are linked nonetheless. This is a critical and contemplative immersion into their stories of their aunt and is a must-read if we are to accurately understand one of our nation’s most revered women and mother of the civil rights movement.” --Haki R. Madhubuti, author of YellowBlack
[P] TarcherPerigee / January 26, 2016
0.6" H x 8.2" L x 5.5" W (0.4 lbs) 224 pages