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Rosa Parks / Marshall D. Rumbaugh / Painted limewood, 1983 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution With a courageous act of civil disobedience, Rosa Parks sparked a challenge to segregation that culminated in one of the seminal victories of the modern civil rights movement. Rosa Parks Collection Items Housed in the Prints and Photographs Division The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material. National Portrait Gallery Collection Location Currently not on view Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Data Source National Portrait Gallery Object number NPG.83.163 Type Sculpture Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply Medium Painted limewood Dimensions With Base: 99.1 x 96.5 x 30.5cm (39 x 38 x 12") Portrait of Rosa Parks, who organized the boycott of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, 20th century, United States, New York, Schomburg Center. American Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks waits to board a bus at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott, Montgomery, Alabama, December 26, 1956. Candid portrait of civil rights activist Rosa Parks Collection. Portrait collection. Rosa Parks portrait collection. Dates / Origin Date Created: 1950 - 1959 (Approximate) Library locations Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division Shelf locator: Sc Photo Parks, Rosa Topics Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 National Portrait Gallery Topic Rosa Parks: Female Rosa Parks: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist Rosa Parks: Crafts and Trades\Textile worker\Seamstress Rosa Parks: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom Rosa Parks: Civilian awards\Congressional Gold Medal Portrait Record ID npg_NPG.99.57 Metadata Rosa Parks portrait from Nicole Macdonald's 'The Detroit Portrait Series' on June 17, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Cityscapes And City Views Montgomery, Alabama: John H. Garrison, who was indicted on February 22 for his work in organizing a car pool to aid the boycott of segregated Object Details Artist Brian Lanker, 31 Aug 1947 - 13 Mar 2011 Sitter Rosa Parks, 4 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 2005 Exhibition Label Born Tuskegee, Alabama “When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change. Rosa Parks / By Gene Herrick, February 22, 1956 / Gelatin silver print / National Portrat Gllaeru, Smithsonian Institution I On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks’s courageous act of civil disobedience helped to launch the modern civil rights movement. Rosa Parks Collection Items Housed in the Prints and Photographs Division The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Rosa Parks / Marshall D. Rumbaugh / Painted limewood, 1983 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution With a courageous act of civil disobedience, Rosa Parks sparked a challenge to segregation that culminated in one of the seminal victories of the modern civil rights movement. Rosa Parks is deservedly one of the icons of the American civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said of her act of defiance in Montgomery Alabama on Dec 1, 1955: “The spark that ignited the modern civil rights movement.” Rosa Parks: 'I had been pushed around all my life' Writings made available to public for first time reveal nuanced, complex portrait of late civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who became known by a simple act that changed the history of African-American people in the U.S. She was born in 1913, when racial segregation was happening all over the U.S. under the rule of “separate but equal”. Rosa Parks / Marshall D. Rumbaugh / Painted limewood, 1983 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution With a courageous act of civil disobedience, Rosa Parks sparked a challenge to segregation that culminated in one of the seminal victories of the modern civil rights movement. Painting Rosa Parks. by Chrissaper. Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Sunday, Feb. 02, 2025 Sunday, Feb. 02, 2025 at 3:11:53pm PST. This 1983 painted limewood sculpture of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) stands in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. "With a courageous act of civil disobedience, Rosa Parks sparked a challenge to segregation that culminated in one of the seminal victories of the modern civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955, while traveling on a public bus in Mon In 1980, following the deaths of her husband (1977), brother (1977) and mother (1979), Parks, along with The Detroit News, and the Detroit Public school system, founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation. Parks also co-founded, with Elaine Steele, the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in 1987. Rosa Parks, 4 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 2005 Drue Hiriam Lackey, Jr., 15 Aug 1926 -16 Oct 2016 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Data Source
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