Jeanne Theoharis

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Jeanne Theoharis is professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She received an AB in Afro-American studies from Harvard College and a PhD in American culture from the University of Michigan. She is the author or coauthor of four books and articles on the black freedom struggle and the contemporary politics of race in the United States.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 1,466 ratings · 240 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks 3.98 avg rating — 999 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History 4.27 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Yet to Be United States: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in America Since 1945 by Jeanne Theoharis, Athan G. Theoharis 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Groundwork: Local Black Freedom Struggles in America by Charles Payne (Editor), Komozi Woodard , Charles M. Payne 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Want to Start a Revolution?: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle by Dayo F. Gore (Editor), Jeanne Theoharis (Editor) , Komozi Woodard (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform by Alejandra Marchevsky, Jeanne Theoharis 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education by Gaston Alonso, Celina Su , Jeanne Theoharis 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and Struggle Outside of the South by Brian Purnell (Editor), Komozi Woodard (With) , Jeanne Theoharis (With) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom North: Black Freedom Struggles Outside the South, 1940-1980 by Komozi Woodard (Editor), Jeanne Theoharis (Editor) , Matthew J. Countryman (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race Man: The Collected Works of Julian Bond, 1960-2015 by Julian Bond, Michael G. Long (Editor) , Pamela Horowitz (Preface) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There has been a tendency to personify racism in the figure of a working-class white redneck who dislikes Black people and spouts hateful things, as opposed to a middle-or upper-class white person who might decry such hatefulness but still embraces racially unjust policies.”
― Jeanne Theoharis, A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

tags: racism-in-america

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“When asked what gave her the strength and commitment to refuse segregation, (Rosa) Parks credited her mother and grandfather "for giving me the spirit of freedom... that I should not feel because of my race or color, inferior to any person. That I should do my very best to be a respectable person, to respect myself, to expect respect from others.”
― Jeanne Theoharis, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

tags: civil-rights, equal-rights, equality, inspirational, rosa-parks

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“By 1987, 76 percent of Americans held a favorable opinion of the civil rights leader, almost the reverse of his popularity at the end of his life (only 28 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of him in 1966).4”
― Jeanne Theoharis, A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

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