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Rosa Parks, the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Check out these INSPIRING Rosa Parks books Mr. Parks was a member of the National Committee to Save the Scottsboro Boys, and she soon joined him in becoming active in the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, serving as secretary and youth adviser. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a Montgomery bus. Rosa Parks, interviewed in April 1956 by Pacifica radio station KPFA. The interview comes from the “”:In Pacifica Radio Archives . This is viewer supported news. Reelin’ In The Years Productions has available for licensing over 30,000 hours of music footage spanning 90 years. Additionally, we have more than 8,000 hour Former CNN host Larry King talks to Rosa Parks about her famous refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.For more CNN videos on YouTube, check out Watch a video of Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, talking about her life and experiences. She discusses segregation, racism, the Emmett Till case, and the Montgomery bus boycott. ACADEMY: Tell us about the goals of the Parks Institute. PARKS: We work with young people, from the ages of 11 to 17. Our main program is the Pathways to Freedom. And we'll be going from Memphis, Tennessee through ten other states, and Washington, DC, and to Canada. It began July 13th and ends August 8th. Former CNN host Larry King talks to Rosa Parks about her famous refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. CITATION: Interview with Rosa Parks, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on November 14, 1985, for "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965)." Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection. Eyes on the Prize Interviews On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955, a tired Rosa Parks left work as a department store tailor’s assistant and planned to ride home on a city bus. She sat down between the “whites only” section in the front of the bus and the “colored” section in the back. Rosa Parks discusses her refusal to give up her seat to a white man & the resulting bus boycott in Montgomery, AL. April 1956 interview Archive Footage - Black & White - Interview of Rosa Parks during the Public Transportation boycott.For this and more footage visit: A 1956 interview with Rosa Parks, four months after she famously refused to move to the back of the bus. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the Printable Version. Interview with Rosa Parks Digital History ID 1142. Date:1995. Annotation: It was the symbolic beginning of the modern Civil Rights movement. Rosa Parks, an Alabama seamstress, refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man. Interview with Rosa Parks conducted in 1985 for Eyes on the Prize. Parks discusses discusses life in Montgomery, Alabama, her decision to refuse to comply with segregation on the bus line, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This interview discusses the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks discusses her book, “Rosa Parks: My Story.” Parks talks about her grandparents and her mother who was a teacher. She goes on to discuss her involvement in the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), trying to register people to vote, the Montgomery, Alabama bus incident, and the Montgomery Improvement Association. Parks also talks about the Rosa and #OnThisDay 1913: Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. The civil rights movement activist was interviewed for the Man Alive programme - Deep South, Interview gathered as part of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). Produced by Blackside, Inc. Housed at the Washington University Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection. Preferred Citation Interview with Rosa Parks, conducted by Blackside, Inc. on November 14, 1985, for Eyes on
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