| | Introduction: National Honor/Public Mythology: The Passing of Rosa Parks | p. vii |
| | "A Life History of Being Rebellious": The Early Years of Rosa McCauley Parks | p. 1 |
| | "It Was Very Difficult to Keep Going When All Our Work Seemed to Be in Vain": The Civil Rights Movement before the Bus Boycott | p. 17 |
| | "I Had Been Pushed As Far As I Could Stand to Be Pushed": Rosa Parks's Bus Stand | p. 46 |
| | "There Lived a Great People": The Montgomery Bus Boycott | p. 72 |
| | "It Is Fine to Be a Heroine but the Price Is High": The Suffering of Rosa Parks | p. 116 |
| | "The Northern Promised Land That Wasn't": Rosa Parks and the Black Freedom Struggle in Detroit | p. 165 |
| | "Any Move to Show We Are Dissatisfied": Mrs. Parks in the Black Power Era | p. 201 |
| | Conclusion: "Racism Is Still Alive": Negotiating the Politics of Being a Symbol | p. 233 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 245 |
| | Notes | p. 248 |
| | Index | p. 296 |