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A beautiful black little girl playing on the beach. A beautiful black little girl playing on the beach.

Smiling African America girl in nature.

Smiling African America girl in nature.

African American Woman

African America woman in front of an airplane hangar with tall doors. African America woman in front of an airplane hangar with tall doors.

African American Woman

African America business woman in front of an industrial building. African America business woman in front of an industrial building.

African america businesswoman car dealership

African america businesswoman car dealership

African Grey Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill on a tree

The young Canadian lynx found in America licks its nose as it senses a smell. The young Canadian lynx found in America licks its nose as it senses a smell.

The beautiful medina of Meknes, Morocco

The beautiful medina Old Town of Meknes, Morocco. The beautiful medina Old Town of Meknes, Morocco

Portrait of African America engineer wearing safety helmet and vest standing in the automotive warehouse with blur background and

Portrait of African America engineer wearing safety helmet and vest standing in the automotive warehouse with blur background and

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. She later met Raymond Parks, a serious young barber with whom she spent many hours discussing the burden and injustice of the racial situation; they married in 1932. 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. Her arrest and the subsequent development of a 381-day bus boycott by tens of thousands heralded a new phase in the civil rights movement. The Black community formed the Montgomery Improvement Association, electing as president Martin Luther King, Jr.; Mrs. Parks served for a time on its board of directors. Fired from her job as an assistant tailor in a department store, she stayed in Montgomery until the boycott forced an end to all discriminatory practices on the bus lines. In 1957 she and her husband moved to Detroit, Mich., where in 1965 she took a part-time job as receptionist and administrative aide in the office of Congressman John Conyers. She was the first woman in 1980 to receive the Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize. There is a National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine, organized to commemorate her life by the establishment of a home and library.

Description: The Black Women Oral History Project interviewed 72 African American women between 1976 and 1981. With support from the Schlesinger Library, the project recorded a cross section of women who had made significant contributions to American society during the first half of the 20th century. Photograph taken by Judith Sedwick

Repository: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

Collection: Black Women Oral History Project

Research Guide: guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_bwohp

Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian. 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. She later met Raymond Parks, a serious young barber with whom she spent many hours discussing the burden and injustice of the racial situation; they married in 1932. 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. Her arrest and the subsequent development of a 381-day bus boycott by tens of thousands heralded a new phase in the civil rights movement. The Black community formed the Montgomery Improvement Association, electing as president Martin Luther King, Jr.; Mrs. Parks served for a time on its board of directors. Fired from her job as an assistant tailor in a department store, she stayed in Montgomery until the boycott forced an end to all discriminatory practices on the bus lines. In 1957 she and her husband moved to Detroit, Mich., where in 1965 she took a part-time job as receptionist and administrative aide in the office of Congressman John Conyers. She was the first woman in 1980 to receive the Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize. There is a National Committee for the Rosa L. Parks Shrine, organized to commemorate her life by the establishment of a home and library.

Description: The Black Women Oral History Project interviewed 72 African American women between 1976 and 1981. With support from the Schlesinger Library, the project recorded a cross section of women who had made significant contributions to American society during the first half of the 20th century. Photograph taken by Judith Sedwick

Repository: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

Collection: Black Women Oral History Project

Research Guide: guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_bwohp

Questions? Ask a Schlesinger Librarian

African America Casual Business Man Hold Briefcase Background Financial Success

African America Casual Business Man Hold Briefcase Background Financial Success

African america man eating salad at restaurant

African america man eating salad at restaurant

Happy african american woman hugging her dog in tropical beach. she makes selfie on camera smart phone

Happy african american woman hugging her dog in tropical beach. she makes selfie on camera smart phone .

Young African America girl in park using smart phone. Focus is o

Young African America girl in park using smart phone. Focus is o

Humboldt Penguin

He Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) (also termed Peruvian Penguin, or Patranca) is a South American penguin, that breeds in coastal Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. The penguin is named after the cold water current it swims in, which is itself named after Alexander von Humboldt, an explorer.

Giraffe licking his lips in Bush Gardens

Young african america business woman in blue shirt

Young african america business woman in blue shirt

Basketball player

An African-American Basketball player dribbling the ball.

African America Gangster

Male model, Kabari Jackson dressed a gangster in a shirt, tie, jaclet and fedora. Male model, Kabari Jackson dressed a gangster in a shirt, tie, jaclet and fedora.

Set three pictures of an african america nurse

Set three pictures of an african america nurse

African America girl standing

African America girl standing

African America girl standing

African America girl standing

Beautiful African America woman

Beautiful African America woman

Laser or lasik eye surgery concept, l laser beam shining into african america male dark brown eyes

Laser or lasik eye surgery concept, l laser beam shining into african america male dark brown eyes

Portrait of laughing african american nurse at work

Portrait of laughing african american nurse at work

Terrestrial globe in black color showing the american continent facing a blue globe showing the african continent. Terrestrial globe in black color showing the american continent facing a blue globe showing the african continent

African America woman wearing glasses, black jacket and top with a denim mini skirt. She has her right hand and indew finger pointed to sky and a surprised expression on her face. African America woman wearing glasses, black jacket and top with a denim mini skirt. She has her right hand and indew finger pointed to sky and a surprised expression on her face.

waving colorful flag of chile and national flag of swaziland

waving colorful flag of chile and national flag of swaziland. macro

African America girl standing

African America girl standing

Confident Smile

African America woman wearing glasses, black jacket and top with a denim mini skirt. She is smiling with her hands on her hips. African America woman wearing glasses, black jacket and top with a denim mini skirt. She is smiling with her hands on her hips.

African america man standing against a gray wall

African america man standing against a gray wall

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