Rosa Parks Papers

Posted December 10th, 2008 by drice
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Accession Number: 
UP000775
Extent: 
2.5 linear feet (4 MB, 2 OS)

Rosa Parks, often referred to as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, is most famous for her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white rider in segregated Montgomery, Alabama in December 1955. She was secretary of her local and state NAACP and was a member of Michigan Congressman John Conyers staff after her family moved to Detroit. Her papers reflect mainly her years in Detroit and her association with numerous church, community, and civil rights organizations.

Date: 
1955-1976
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