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Montgomery Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

Montgomery Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

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The image of striking workers with posters on a white background. The image of striking workers with posters on a white background.

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

Humboldt Penguin in water

Spheniscus humboldti - Humboldt Penguin, zoo or wildlife. Spheniscus humboldti - Humboldt Penguin, zoo or wildlife

Severing ties and boycott

Severing ties and boycott

Civil Rights Museum Vistors on the Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Civil Rights Museum Vistors on the Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis

Cut ties and boycott

Cut ties and boycott

Boycott Cubicle

Boycott Cubicle

Montgomery Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

Montgomery Bus Boycott Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

Boycott and picketing of downtown stores: Tallahassee, Florida

Local call number: RC12397G

Title: Boycott and picketing of downtown stores: Tallahassee, Florida

Date: December 1960

General note: Included in the photograph are Bill King and Patricia Stephens (later Mrs. John Due).

Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.

Series Title: Reference collection

Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us

Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/34830

Patricia Stephens Due, a leader in the Tallahassee Civil Rights movement, passed away on February 7, 2012, at the age of 72. Read the Florida Memory blog post about Due and her involvement in the struggle for civil rights.

Visit Florida Memory to find resources for Black History Month and to learn about the contributions of African-Americans in Florida history.

Boycott. Wooden letters on the office desk

Boycott. Wooden letters on the office desk

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Definition of boycott

Definition of boycott

Boycott Concept Theme Illustration

Boycott Concept Theme Illustration

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Tennessee

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Tennessee

Severing ties and boycott

Severing ties and boycott

Man Holds a Sheet with a Text Boycott

Man Holds a Sheet with a Text Boycott

Segregation Montgomery Bus Boycott Mural

Segregation Montgomery Bus Boycott Mural

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