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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

Woman protesting for women`s rights in Iran

Woman protesting for women`s rights in Iran

Many people women hands raising up on world map background showing vote, volunteer participation, rights equality concept

Many people women hands raising up on world map background showing vote, volunteer participation, rights equality concept

Women protesters. Female movement, feminist activists with banners and placards. Demonstration women rights protection

Women protesters. Female movement, feminist activists with banners and placards. Demonstration women rights protection

Women force rights self-confident concept

Women force rights self-confident concept

Women hug each other at the Womens Rights March

Women hug each other at the Womens Rights March

Together we strong. Group of feminist women have protest for their rights outdoors

Together we strong. Group of feminist women have protest for their rights outdoors

Women Supporting Tied Muslim Woman in rational lothes, Girls Advocating for Equality, Freedom, Civil Rights

Women Supporting Tied Muslim Woman in rational lothes, Girls Advocating for Equality, Freedom, Civil Rights

Women`s march, protest, meeting. Fight for women`s rights. An international group of women stands for feminism.Vector illustration

Women`s march, protest, meeting. Fight for women`s rights. An international group of women stands for feminism.Vector illustration

Young women holding hands during woman`s day rally with purple balloons in background for women rights and feminism

Young women holding hands during woman`s day rally with purple balloons in background for women rights and feminism

Women fighting gender inequality demand fight fot equal rights male female characters balance scales weigher concept

Women fighting gender inequality demand fight fot equal rights male female characters balance scales weigher concept

Unity of people. Group of feminist women have protest for their rights outdoors

Unity of people. Group of feminist women have protest for their rights outdoors

Black lives matter rally, black and white women standing together in protest against unequal rights, racism and police

Black lives matter rally, black and white women standing together in protest against unequal rights, racism and police

Yes, women can! Symbol of female power, woman rights, protest, feminism. Vector

Yes, women can! Symbol of female power, woman rights, protest, feminism. Vector

Color vector flat style illustration. Women`s team. Conceptual poster about female power and equal rights. Working girls of diffe

Color vector flat style illustration. Women`s team. Conceptual poster about female power and equal rights. Working girls of diffe

Feminism, girl power, International Women`s Day concept. women protesting and vindicating their rights. Women empowerment. Paper

Feminism, girl power, International Women`s Day concept. women protesting and vindicating their rights. Women empowerment. Paper

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