Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, Ph.D held a Black History Month Conversation with journalist Soledad O’Brien, executive producer of “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" at a February 9 event on campus.
Soledad O’Brien shared and discussed clips from the documentary film currently streaming on Peacock.
The 96-minute documentary on Rosa Parks’activism has a message that will resonate on the FAMU campus, O’Brien said. “Rosa Parks mentored and was a champion of youth activists, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate her and her legacy than speaking to the students at FAMU. They are the leaders of today and tomorrow,” O’Brien said
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis is the definitive political biography of Rosa Parks. It examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement. It is the basis for the documentary of the same name executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien.
Jeanne Theoharis is a 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 Ph.D. 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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