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Early Childhood Incidents and Experiences, ca. 1955-1958. Autograph manuscript. Rosa Parks Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. (Rosa Parks recounts the desertion of her father, James McCauley, and growing up in rural Pine Level, Alabama on the farm of maternal grandparents, Sylvester and Rosa Edwards, with her mother and brother, Leona and Sylvester McCauley.) Investigate the links to primary sources and other resources below to learn more. 1955-56 U.S. newspaper coverage of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Exact spot on Dexter Avenue where Rosa Parks waited for the bus that changed history. Rosa Parks arrest photo. Rosa Parks arrest record. Rosa Park’s recollections of time spent in jail She would not be moved : how we tell the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott by Herbert R. Kohl; Marian Wright Edelman (Introduction by); Cynthia Stokes Brown Call Number: Boca Raton General Collection ; F334.M753 P375 2005 "Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service." Rosa Parks launched the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. The boycott proved to be one of the pivotal moments of the emerging civil rights movement. For 13 months, starting in December 1955, the black citizens of Montgomery protested nonviolently with the goal of desegregating the city’s public buses. "Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service." Rosa Parks arrested On December 1, 1955, civil rights activist Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white passenger. The arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and was a defining moment in Parks' long career as an activist. These primary sources offer rich opportunities for students to engage with key themes and concepts in American history and social studies. Rosa Parks’ pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrates the impact of individual action in challenging institutionalized oppression. "Lawyer for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Montgomery bus boycott, the Tuskegee syphilis study, the desegregation of Alabama schools, and the Selma march." Documents Depicting the 1950s by Stephen H. Paschen (Editor, Compiled by); Leonard Schlup (Editor) Primary Sources - Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycotts Source A: JoAnn Robinson, memoir, The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It, 1987 | Here, Jo Ann Robinson explains how she and others produced and distributed the leaflet calling for a boycott in time for thousands of African Americans to stay off the buses on Monday morning, December 5, 1955. Use this primary source with the Jackie Robinson Narrative, the Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott Narrative, The Little Rock Nine Narrative, and The Murder of Emmett Till Narrative to discuss the rise of the African American civil rights movement pre-1960. This guide will support Prof. Rhona Baker's ENGL 101 course and their research assignment on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This page will help you distinguish between primary sources from secondary and tertiary sources. Newspaper Article Of Montgomery Bus Boycott: This is a primary source because it was written on December 6, 1955 and Rosa was arrested on December 1, 1955. Give each group a set of primary sources created from the Library of Congress exhibit “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words.” 2 primary source sets are attached to the lesson. **Please note: sources include references to racial and sexual violence. Ask groups to distribute one source to each student. Rotations Rosa Parks is one of the best known figures in American history and students most likely enter your class knowing a particular story about Rosa and the Montgomery bus boycott. That story emphasizes the bravery of a “tired” seamstress and casts her refusal to give up her bus seat as an unprecedented act of defiance. On December 1, 1955, during a typical evening rush hour in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-year-old woman took a seat on the bus on her way home from the Montgomery Fair department store where she worked as a seamstress. Before she reached her destination, she quietly set off a social revolution when the bus driver instructed her to move back, and she refused. Rosa Parks, an African American, was Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest for disorderly conduct in Montgomery in February 1956. Parks and several other city residents were arrested for their participation in the Montgomery Bus Boycott , a key early campaign of the civil rights movement . "Lawyer for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Montgomery bus boycott, the Tuskegee syphilis study, the desegregation of Alabama schools, and the Selma march." Documents Depicting the 1950s by Stephen H. Paschen (Editor, Compiled by); Leonard Schlup (Editor) According to the primary source (video) to the right, Rosa Parks was placed under arrest after she refused to stand up from her seat when a white man was left standing in a bus. Although the bus was crowded, Rosa Parks was still seated in the area reserved for colored people. "Beyond the Bus: Rosa Parks’ Lifelong Struggle for Justice" Biographer Jeanne Theoharis, professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, describes in this article written for the Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 4 no. 2 (March-April 2015):16-18, the recently acquired Rosa Parks Papers and how they shed new light on Parks and her activism.
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