{"product_id":"she-would-not-be-moved-how-we-tell-the-story-of-rosa-parks-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott-9781595581273","title":"She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning educator's brilliant and timely meditation on the misleading ways in which we teach the story of Rosa Parks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in hardcover in the fall of 2005 shortly before Rosa Parks died, \u003cem\u003eShe Would Not Be Moved\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely and important exploration of how the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott has been distorted when taught in schools. Hailed by the\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e when it was first published as having \"the transcendent power that allows us to see . . . alternate ways of viewing our history and understanding what is going on in our classrooms,\" this expanded version of Kohl's original groundbreaking discussion \"deftly catalogs problems with the prevailing presentations of Parks and offers [a] more historically accurate, politically pointed and age-appropriate alternative\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to Marian Wright Edelman's introduction, \u003cem\u003eShe Would Not Be Moved\u003c\/em\u003e includes an original essay by Cynthia Brown on civil rights activists Septima Clark, Virginia Durr, and Rosa Parks; a teachers' resource guide to educational materials about Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement; and an appendix explaining how to evaluate textbooks for young people about this critical period in U.S. history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert Kohl\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than forty books, including the bestselling classic 36 Children. A recipient of the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, he was founder and first director of the Teachers \u0026amp; Writers Collaborative in New York City and established the PEN West Center in San Francisco, where he lives. \u003cb\u003eMarian Wright Edelman\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. She lives in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855890092306,"sku":"9781595581273","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fef878c6-c34c-4664-b7db-6961ca239ee3.jpg?v=1737487769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/she-would-not-be-moved-how-we-tell-the-story-of-rosa-parks-and-the-montgomery-bus-boycott-9781595581273","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}