Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-09-28
Books mentioned on Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change
Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she actually had a long life as an advocate, protestor and agent of change.
Josh Clark recommended Little People, BIG DREAMS by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and others, Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose, and The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Little People, BIG DREAMS
Recommended“and then also I want to shout out a book series called Little People Big Dreams and it's a kids book series that we've been reading to my daughter in fact it's kind of all she wants to read right now”
Where to get it
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Claudette Colvin
Recommended“there's a book by the way called claudet koven colen twice toward Justice from Phil who or H and uh I think a lot of people these days are trying to shine a little light on some of the Lesser known figures of the civil rights movement and books are being written and stuff like that”
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks
Recommended“and this was written by the same person who wrote the award-winning book The rebellious life of Mrs Rosa Parks her name is uh Jean uh Theo Harris Theus it's all one word”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Um, and this was written by the same person who wrote the award-winning book, 'The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.' Her name is uh, Jean, uh, Theoharis, it's all one word.”