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Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School

Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Poster on concepts of Civil Rights movement

Poster on concepts of Civil Rights movement

Typographic poster design on Civil rights movement in black and white

Typographic poster design on Civil rights movement in black and white

African Americans marching wall mural exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

African Americans marching wall mural exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Illustraion of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American activist in the civil rights movement and Montgomery bus boycott

Central High School`s historic civil rights legacy

Central High School`s historic civil rights legacy

In memory wreath in white background.

Poster design on Civil Rights Movement for MLK Day

Poster design on Civil Rights Movement for MLK Day

I Am A Man Statue Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

I Am A Man Statue Exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

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

Silhouette of Freedom: A Colorful Tribute to the Civil Rights Era. Concept Freedom Fighters, Civil

Silhouette of Freedom: A Colorful Tribute to the Civil Rights Era. Concept Freedom Fighters, Civil

Statues of African Americans marching inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

Statues of African Americans marching inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

The Children Shall lead them exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

The Children Shall lead them exhibit inside the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

I Am A Man Civil Rights Street Painting

I Am A Man Civil Rights Street Painting

Black Lives Matter slogan on US dark map, illustration. Protest marches and riots against police violence, civil rights movement

Black Lives Matter slogan on US dark map, illustration. Protest marches and riots against police violence, civil rights movement

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.

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