The Case that “Gutted” Rosa Parks
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Rosa Parks, one of the most consequential Americans of the 20th century, was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her activism was galvanized decades before the Montgomery bus boycott by the sexualized violence of whites against Blacks in her native Alabama. This activism is featured in this short documentary by the Library of Congress, which holds her papers.
Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Today in History