Showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate view of Rosa Parks and documents her life and activism—creating a rich opportunity for viewers to discover new dimensions to their understanding of this seminal figure. The materials are drawn extensively from the Rosa Parks Collection, a gift to the Library of Congress from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. By the People transcription campaign title : Rosa Parks : in her own words This dataset is an export of transcriptions for 1,769 images from the Rosa Parks Papers created by volunteers participating in the Library of Congress crowdsourcing program By the People ( campaign, Rosa Manuscript/Mixed Material Rosa Parks Papers: Family Papers, 1900-2005; Other family papers; Parks, Raymond A. (husband); Receipts; Miscellaneous, 1940-1947 , 1956-1959 , 1974 Back to Search Results About this Item Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 13th, 1913, in Tuskegee, AL. She had one younger brother named Sylvester. Her mother Leona and father, James, separated when Rosa was still quite young. According to a Library of Congress report, Rosa's grandparents Sylvester and Rose, played a key role in Rosa's strong sense of justice. Rosa was Following her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks faced significant challenges. Despite becoming an emblematic figure of the Civil Rights Movement, Parks lost her job at the department store and her husband, Raymond, was also dismissed from his position due to the backlash stemming from her protest. Helena Zinkham displays a photograph of Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks for a photograph during a press event for a Rosa Parks archive at the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building on Rosa Parks displays her Congressional Gold Medal of Honor with US Vice President Al Gore prior to a benefit tribute concert in honor of Mrs. Parks 28 This 01 December 2001 file photo shows US civil rights legend Rosa Parks attending at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, during a ceremony Rosa Parks sitting in the front seat of the bus; the day when she refused to give up her seat for a white man Bronze statue of Rosa Parks, authorized by the Congress in 2005. Historically known for being the first full-length statue of an African American person in the U.S. Capitol. Getty Images. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. In 1987, a decade after her husband’s death, Parks founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks RMM7T9KA – Rosa Parks (1913-2005). Rosa Louise McCauley Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest for the boycott of public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama, in February 1956. By the People transcription campaign title : Rosa Parks : in her own words This dataset is an export of transcriptions for 1,769 images from the Rosa Parks Papers created by volunteers participating in the Library of Congress crowdsourcing program By the People ( campaign, Rosa Rosa Parks and her husband standing in front of a car. (Library of Congress) While the photo is legitimate and can be found in the Library of Congress' archives , the car wasn't owned by Raymond Meg McAleer, one of the archivists working on the Rosa Parks collection, says the documents provide a new window on the courage and skill of Parks, and the consequences she and her husband suffered. Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions dec 18, 1932 - Rosa Parks gets married. Description: On December 18, 1932 Rosa gets married to Raymond Parks. Before she became a nationally admired civil rights icon, Rosa Parks’ life consisted of ups and downs that included struggles to support her family and taking new paths in activism. His famous wife, Rosa Parks, became an iconic civil rights leader during the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama. Yet Rosa’s husband was daring in a far more significant, far-reaching way than the white-lightning-peddling, white stock car owner who shares his name. Even before he and Rosa married, Raymond Parks did dangerous things. October 1957: Parks becomes a hostess at the Holly Tree Inn, part of the Hampton Institute in Virginia, but leaves after the fall semester in 1958 to rejoin her husband and mother in Detroit. Rosa Parks lived an incredible life, and recently, the house she and her husband first moved into in Detroit has taken on something of a life of its own. The tiny house was once the home of not just the couple, but 17 other relatives as well. Facing harassment and threats after the boycott, Parks and her husband moved to Detroit in 1957, where she continued her civil rights work, advocating for desegregation and economic justice. Getty Images
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