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Rosa Parks papers

Items from the Manuscript Division and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress that document many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1866/2006

Subject
Civil rights workers--United States
Women civil rights workers--United States
African American women civil rights workers--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Religion
African Americans--Segregation
African Americans--Social conditions
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights movements--United States
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
Race discrimination--Southern States
Race discrimination--United States
Segregation--Southern States
Segregation--United States
Southern States--Race relations
Southern States--Social conditions
United States--Race relations
United States--Social conditions

People
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434

Medium
photographs
personal papers

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
The Rosa Parks Papers digital collection contains items from the Manuscript Division and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress that document many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans.

Metadata URL
https://www.loc.gov/collections/rosa-parks-papers/

Language
eng

Original Collection
Rosa Parks papers, 1866-2006, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Visual materials from the Rosa Parks Papers, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Contributing Institution
Library of Congress

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