Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement and her active role in it. Her dedication is inspiring; her story is unforgettable.The simplicity and candor of this courageous woman's voice makes these compelling events even more moving and dramatic.--Publishers Weekly, starred review

    This study prods deep into the socioeconomic conditions of the Black Belt South. Haywood's work reveals, through a precise materialist analysis, that the Black Belt is a distinct nation, oppressed under the boot of U.S. imperialism and white supremacy. Negro Liberation considers the national question inside the U.S. using Marxism-Leninism as a theoretical and practical basis. It attempts to reconsider the post-Civil War plantation system, the sharecropping industry, and the problem of land distribution as persistent semifeudal socioeconomic relations in the region. Haywood goes on to demand that a national-democratic revolution is needed to fully liberate African Americans who continue to bear the brunt of social, political, and economic oppression under Jim Crowism and "lynch mob democracy."This book is notable for its historical impact on Marxism, the International Communist Movement, and the African American Liberation Movement, then and now.