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We go back to 1956 in the midst of the Montgomery Bus Boycott to one of the earliest preserved interviews with Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks , interviewed in April 1956 by Pacifica radio station KPFA . Interview with Rosa Parks conducted for Eyes on the Prize I. Discussion centers on life in Montgomery, her decision to refuse to comply with segregation on the bus line, and the bus boycott. Subject: Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005; Nixon, Edgar Daniel; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations Rosa Parks discusses her refusal to give up her seat to a white man & the resulting bus boycott in Montgomery, AL. April 1956 interview Biography: Rosa Parks's deliberate decision to test the practice of Jim Crow was the catalyst that triggered the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. The daughter of James and Leona Edwards McCauley, she grew up in Pine Level, Ala., and was sent away to a private girls' school in Montgomery at the age of 11. 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 Interview for Eyes on the Prize Documentary Montogmery Bus Boycott November 14, 1985 Video Provided by Washington University Digital Gateway (see citation, for details). See Montgomery Bus Boycott for background & more information. See also Montgomery Bus Boycott for web links. Contents Learn about Rosa Parks’ role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this video excerpt from an interview with the iconic civil rights activist, recorded for the landmark series on the Civil Rights Movement, Eyes on the Prize. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her refusal sparked a massive bus boycott that lasted 381 days, ending 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. Rosa Parks discusses her refusal on December 1, 1955, to give up a seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white man and the resulting boycott that ensued, which was in progress at the time of this interview. The Montgomery bus boycott is widely considered to be one of the key movement actions of the civil rights movement. Created Date 1956-04-00 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. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955 Rosa Parks describes the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Malcolm X interview, 1964. Duration: 04:00 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. 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. 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 The Montgomery bus boycott began when 42-year-old Rosa Parks, who had been a civil rights activist for more than two decades, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955. 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 Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, and ignited the boycott that led to a federal court ruling against segregation in public transportation. In 1955, Montgomery’s racially segregated buses carried 30,000 to 40,000 blacks each day. Many key leaders in the Movement worked in Montgomery including Rosa Parks, Frances Belser, and Jo Ann Robinson as this is where the Montgomery Bus Boycott took place. Solidarity Between Black Women During the Movement We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
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