Our Auntie Rosa Thesis

“Our Auntie Rosa” is a non-fiction biography written by Sheila McCauley Keys with Eddie B. Allen Jr.. Our Auntie Rosa is the remembrance of Rosa Parks and her accomplishments throughout her lifetime not only as the mother of the civil rights movements, but also the mother figure she had towards her loved ones. Keys who is Parks seven of the thirteen nieces and nephews took the initiative to document the family’s history and the most memorable memories of her aunt. While refusing her seat in the front, white section of the bus to a white man was the most memorable accomplishment to the public, Rosa Parks family goes into great detail of how she was a very quiet and soft spoken woman. The thesis of the book is that despite Parks having a gentle nature towards her family, yet she was quick to stand up …show more content…
The book portrays the ironic characteristics a person can possess, yet still make a huge impact in society. Rosa Parks was a woman of not many words, but yet she made a huge impact not only to the public, but to the people who called her “auntie Rosa”. Keys, Parks niece, had lived in Detroit with her siblings, her mother, Sylvester, and Parks and her husband Raymond who had moved from the south to escape the racism and to be closer with her family. Keys and her siblings made a collection of their memories of Parks, the books goes into great detail of a particular incident or time Park’s made an influence in one point of their life. The descriptions and anecdotes made by Keys’ siblings were grouped into different sections - family, forgiveness, strength, encouragement, and vision; which I enjoyed very much because the chapters were easier on the reader and in a chapter there was a more organized explanation