Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005

Authoritative Name:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Biography:
Parks (née Rosa Louise McCauley) was an African American civil rights activist whose refusal to relinquish her seat on a public bus to a white man precipitated the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. In 1957 Parks moved with her husband and mother to Detroit, where from 1965 to 1988 she was a member of the staff of Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Jr. She remained active in the NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference established the annual Rosa Parks Freedom Award in her honor. In 1987 she cofounded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development to provide career training for young people. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1999). -- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Associated Subjects:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005--Archives
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005--Commemoration--Japan--Hachiōji-shi
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005--Friends and associates
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005--Travel--Japan--Hachiōji-shi
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Rosa Parks: Interview 1

Creator:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Haskins, James, 1941-2005
Date of Original:
1965/2005
Collection:
African American collections
Contributing Institution:
University of Florida. Libraries

Admirers greeting Rosa Parks on her 75th birthday at Rosa Parks Day in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Creator:
Barnette, Steve
Date of Original:
1988-02-04
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Admirers greeting Rosa Parks on her 75th birthday at Rosa Parks Day in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Creator:
Barnette, Steve
Date of Original:
1988-02-04
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights demonstrators who had just participated in an SCLC march to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Falletta, Anthony
Date of Original:
1965-08-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Fred Shuttlesworth addressing civil rights demonstrators who had just participated in an SCLC march to the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Falletta, Anthony
Date of Original:
1965-08-10
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rosa Parks and Mayor Johnny Ford displaying her birthday cake on Rosa Parks Day in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Creator:
Barnette, Steve
Date of Original:
1988-02-04
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rosa Parks at the annual meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:
Troncale, Bernard
Date of Original:
1991-08-14
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Interview with Anne Braden, March 8 and 9, 1989

Creator:
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1989-03-08/1989-03-09
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Interview with Anne Braden, November 10, 1994

Creator:
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Date of Original:
1994-11-10
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Civil rights worker DeLores Tucker speaking on a panel with Rosa parks and Linda Brown Smith during a conference, 1988

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Civil rights worker Rosa Parks signing autographs after speaking at the Women and the Constitution conference, 1988

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Civil rights workers Linda Brown Smith and Rosa Parks speaking during a conference on Women and the Constitution, 1988

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Rosa Parks on a panel with Linda Brown Smith, and DeLores Tucker speaking at the Women and the Constitution conference, 1988

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Rosa Parks signing autographs at the Conference on Women and the Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, February 12, 1988.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Rosa Parks speaking on her role during the civil rights movement at the Women and the Constitution conference, 1988

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1988-02-12
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Diagram of the Bus Showing Where Rosa Parks Was Seated

Creator:
United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District : Montgomery Division)
Date of Original:
1955
Collection:
Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
Contributing Institution:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch

Fingerprint Card of Rosa Parks

Creator:
United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District : Montgomery Division)
Date of Original:
1955-12-01
Collection:
Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
Contributing Institution:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch

Police Report on Arrest of Rosa Parks

Creator:
United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District : Montgomery Division)
Date of Original:
1955-12-01
Collection:
Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
Contributing Institution:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch

Paul Good Recordings : Tape 3 : Audio

Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Paul Good Recordings : Tape 3 : Transcript

Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Creator:
Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Date of Original:
2008-06-17
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Creator:
Burns, Stewart
Date of Original:
2008-06-09
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Rosa Parks

Creator:
Gaillard, Frye
Date of Original:
2007-03-14
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

CORE--Civil Rights organizations other than CORE or SNCC - Correspondence, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 7)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Montgomery--Lucile Montgomery general correspondence, 1964-1966 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 31b)

Creator:
Montgomery, Lucile
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Robinson--Freedom School materials (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 5)

Creator:
Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Robinson--Freedom School materials (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 6)

Creator:
Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942-
Date of Original:
1960/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Oral history interview with Herman Talmadge, 1986 April 28

Creator:
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original:
1986-04-28
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Rosa Parks

Creator:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
Date of Original:
1956-02-21
Collection:
Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

Rosa Parks, #7053

Creator:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
Date of Original:
1956-02-21
Collection:
Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:
Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Septima Clark--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1979
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1957-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Red scare, civil rights (talking)

Creator:
Carawan, Guy
Date of Original:
1970/1979
Collection:
Warren Wilson College Digital Collections
Contributing Institution:
Warren Wilson College (Asheville, N.C.)

Civil rights workshop

Date of Original:
1954/1961
Collection:
Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Highlander School contact sheet

Date of Original:
1954/1960
Collection:
Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Rosa Parks's arrest record

Date of Original:
1955-12-05
Collection:
With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress
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March on Washington flyers

Creator:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date of Original:
1950/1963
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

Rosa Parks

Date of Original:
1955/1956
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation