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NYC: U. S. Congressman Charles Rangel

NYC: U. S. Congressman Charles Rangel

NYC: U. S. Congressman Jerrold B. Nadler

NYC: U. S. Congressman Jerrold B. Nadler

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

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

National Mall, Washington D.C.

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Portrait of serious young congressman taking oath on blue studio background

Portrait of serious young congressman taking oath on blue studio background

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Office armchair

Close up view of the office armchair

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Congressman checking last political news on smartphone, examining situation

Congressman checking last political news on smartphone, examining situation

Former President Bill Clinton and Congressman John

Former President Bill Clinton and Congressman John

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

United States Washington Monument, or Obelisk, in

Picture of the Famous Obelisk, The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., with a unique view with one of the American Flags surrounding it. Picture of the Famous Obelisk, The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., with a unique view with one of the American Flags surrounding it.

Congressman on phone

Congressman on phone

Congressman

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

The Dome of the Capitol Building. The Dome of the Capitol Building

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Congressman John Lewis Speaks At An Anti NRA Rally

Congressman John Lewis Speaks At An Anti NRA Rally

Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan

Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Office armchair

A comfortable leather office armchair

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Congressman Steve King R-IA-4th speaks

Congressman Steve King R-IA-4th speaks

Congressman Chris Van Hollen

Congressman Chris Van Hollen

Congressman Keith Ellison

Congressman Keith Ellison

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Georgia Congressman John Lewis

Georgia Congressman John Lewis

President Clinton and Congressman Dingell

President Clinton and Congressman Dingell

U.S. Capitol on a sunny day

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

U.S. Capitol on a sunny spring

U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day. U.S. Capitol Building on a beautiful blue sky spring day

Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer and wife

Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer and wife

The White House in Spring

The White House on a bright spring day with cherry blossoms. The White House on a bright spring day with cherry blossoms

U.S. Capitol building dome

Detail of white marble U.S. Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C. DC on a sunny day with dark blue sky

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