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Books by Jeanne Theoharis
  | | A More Beautiful and Terrible History(Reprint) The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2019 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-6348-4, ISBN: 0-8070-6348-7 "Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is “a bracing corrective to a national mythology” (New York Times) around the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the ..." |
 | | The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North(1st Edition) Segregation and Struggle outside of the South by Brian Purnell, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, Woodard Komozi Purnell Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-2033-7, ISBN: 1-4798-2033-4 "Did American racism originate in the liberal North? An inquiry into the system of institutionalized racism created by Northern Jim Crow Jim Crow was not a regional sickness, it was a national cancer. Even at the high point of twentieth century liberalism in the North, Jim Crow racism hid in plain sight. Perpetuated by colorblind arguments about “cultures of poverty,” policies focused more on black criminality than black equality. Proce ..." |
 | | Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by Komozi Woodard, Jeanne Theoharis, Dayo F. Gore, Margo Natalie Crawford Paperback, 370 Pages, Published 2009 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8314-6, ISBN: 0-8147-8314-7 "The story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton. With few exceptions, black women have been perceived as supporting actresses; as behind-the-scenes or peripheral activists, or rank and file party members. But what about Vicki Garvin, a Brooklyn-born activist who became a leader of the National Negro Labor Council and guide ..." |
 | | Groundwork(5th Edition) Local Black Freedom Movements in America by Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, Charles M. Payne, Editor-Charles Payne Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2005 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8285-9, ISBN: 0-8147-8285-X "Over the last several years, the traditional narrative of the civil rights movement as largely a southern phenomenon, organized primarily by male leaders, that roughly began with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been complicated by studies that root the movement in smaller communities across the country. These local movements had varying agendas and organizational development, geared to t ..." |
 | | Not Working Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform by Alejandra Marchevsky, Jeanne Theoharis Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5710-9, ISBN: 0-8147-5710-3 "Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare as we know it. For those who now receive public assistance, "work" means pleading with supervisors for full-time hours, juggling ever-changing work schedules, and shuffling between dead-end jobs that leave one physically and psychically exhausted. Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day s ..." |
 | | A More Beautiful and Terrible History The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-7587-6, ISBN: 0-8070-7587-6 "Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is “a bracing corrective to a national mythology” (New York Times) around the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the ..." |
 | | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks(Reprint) by Jeanne Theoharis Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2015 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-7692-7, ISBN: 0-8070-7692-9 "2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work Biography/Autobiography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement. This revised edition includes a new introduction by the author, who re ..." |
 | | Race Man(Reprint) Selected Works, 1960-2015 by Julian Bond, Michael G. Long, Pamela Horowitz, Jeanne Theoharis, Douglas Brinkley Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2020 by City Lights Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-87286-794-9, ISBN: 0-87286-794-3 "An inspiring, historic collection of writings from one of America's most important civil rights leaders."Justice and equality was the mission that spanned his life. Julian Bond helped change this country for the better. And what better way to be remembered than that."—President Barack ObamaNo one in the United States did more to advance the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. than Julian Bond. Race Man—a collection of his speeches, article ..." |
 | | Freedom North Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980 by Komozi Woodard, Jeanne F. Theoharis, Matthew J. Countryman, Peter Woodard, Jeanne Ed: Theoharis, K. Cleaver Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2003 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-312-29468-7, ISBN: 0-312-29468-9 |
 | | Our Schools Suck Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education by Gaston Alonso, Noel S. Anderson, Celina Su, Jeanne Theoharis Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8308-5, ISBN: 0-8147-8308-2 "Shares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of urban education"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambast ..." |
 | | Groundwork(Updated) Local Black Freedom Movements in America by Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard, Charles M. Payne, Walt Whitman, Editor-Charles Payne Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2005 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8284-2, ISBN: 0-8147-8284-1 "Over the last several years, the traditional narrative of the civil rights movement as largely a southern phenomenon, organized primarily by male leaders, that roughly began with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been complicated by studies that root the movement in smaller communities across the country. These local movements had varying agendas and organizational development, geared to t ..." |
 | | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (OLD EDITION) by Jeanne Theoharis Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2014 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-3332-6, ISBN: 0-8070-3332-4 "2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movementPresenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the q ..." |
 | | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks(Large Print) by Jeanne Theoharis Hardcover, 543 Pages, Published 2013 by Center Point Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-61173-676-2, ISBN: 1-61173-676-5 "2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movementPresenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the qui ..." |
 | | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks(1st Edition) by Jeanne Theoharis Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-5047-7, ISBN: 0-8070-5047-4 "2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movementPresenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the qu ..." |
 | | Freedom North Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980 by Komozi Woodard, Jeanne Theoharis 326 Pages, Published 2016 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-8250-6, ISBN: 1-4039-8250-3 "Interviews of former Illinois Panthers, Lamar Brooks, Henry English, Bobby Rush, Yvonne King and Jewel Cook. Ibid. When they told me this story, their faces were proud. Interview of Mrs. Nancy Jefferson, President of Mid-West Community Council and Civilian Review Board for the Chicago police, June 3, 1981. Interview of former Illinois Panther Joseph Shaw, May 14, 1995. Shaw interview. Interview of former Minister of Labor, Illinois ..." |
 | | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks(Unabridged) by Jeanne Theoharis, Judith West Cd, Published 2016 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Mp3 Audio, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-5318-1716-9, ISBN: 1-5318-1716-5 "2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the Civil Rights Movement. Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the q ..." |
 | | Our Schools Suck Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education by Gaston Alonso, Celina Su, Jeanne Theoharis, Noel S. Anderson 304 Pages, Published 2009 by New York Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8320-7, ISBN: 0-8147-8320-1 "In speaking to the Advocates for Children of New York, Ruby Garcia, also a former student at Clinton High, noted that after she transferred to another school, Clinton High somehow “had no record of me and could not help me. After wasting about a year, I managed to graduate at the top of my class (and on time) at a different school.”21 Even Ruby Garcia's brief comment suggests that there is something amiss about Cosby et al.'s “cult ..." |
 | | Not Working Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform by Alejandra Marchevskyjeanne Theoharis, Jeanne Theoharis Hardcover, 308 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5709-3, ISBN: 0-8147-5709-X "Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare as we know it. For those who now receive public assistance, “work” means pleading with supervisors for full-time hours, juggling ever-changing work schedules, and shuffling between dead-end jobs that leave one physically and psychically exhausted.Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day st ..." |
 | | Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by Komozi Woodard, Jeanne Theoharis, Dayo F. Gore Hardcover, 370 Pages, Published 2009 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-8313-9, ISBN: 0-8147-8313-9 "The story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton. With few exceptions, black women have been perceived as supporting actresses; as behind-the-scenes or peripheral activists, or rank and file party members. But what about Vicki Garvin, a Brooklyn-born activist who became a leader of the National Negro Labor Council and guide ..." |
 | | Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, Komozi Woodard ISBN-13: 978-1-4416-3381-1, ISBN: 1-4416-3381-2 |
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