Rosa Parks

H.H. Leonards’ new, intimate biography is unique and essential

Photograph of Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King jr. (ca. 1955) Mrs. Rosa Parks altered the negro progress in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, by the bus boycott she began. — Public Domain Photograph

“I knew Mrs. Rosa Parks in a way that few people ever experience a truly inspirational person…Mrs. Parks was an ‘influencer’ long before the term became trendy within social media circles.”

The above excerpt sums up H.H. Leonards’ recent book, Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons, and Leadership. Leonards…