The author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs.Rosa Parks, Jeanne Theoharis has completed a great deal of work in her field. Theoharis is a well known professor with concentration in Political Science at Brooklyn College of the University of New York. Theoharis is known for her work regarding the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement. Theoharis began her post-secondary education at the Harvard University where she majored in Afro-American studies and obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree from the university in 1991. Following, Theoharis then received her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in American Studies from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1996. In the year 2014, Theoharis recieved an NAACP Image award for the work of her
