Review; Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words by Susan Reyburn

A few months ago I was fortunate enough to recieve an ARC of the book Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words by Susan Reyburn through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards and today I'll post my review.

Description from Goodreads
Until recently, Rosa Parks's personal papers were unavailable to the public. In this compelling new book from the Library of Congress, where the Parks Collection is housed, the civil rights icon is revealed for the first time in print through her private manuscripts and handwritten notes. Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words illumines her inner thoughts, her ongoing struggles, and how she came to be the person who stood up by sitting down.

At the height of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as Parks was both pilloried and celebrated, she found a catharsis in her writing. Her precise descriptions of her arrest, the segregated South, and her recollections of childhood resistance to white supremacy document a lifetime of battling inequality. Parks expressed her thoughts on paper using whatever was available--meeting agendas, event programs, drugstore bags. The book features one hundred color and black-and-white photographs from the Parks collection, many appearing in print for the first time, along with ephemera from the long life of a private person in the public eye.

My Thoughts on the Book

This was a really interesting read, as it gives a peak into the life of Rosa Parks. There were a bunch of photos, as well as some of her own thoughts and writings. It's an engaging book and I think a lot of history lovers would like this book.