The Rosa Parks Collection is Now Online

"The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized and is now online.

The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The Library received the materials in late 2014, formally opened them to researchers in the Library’s reading rooms in February 2015 and now has digitized them for optimal access by the public.

"It’s a great privilege to open the Rosa Parks Collection and help people worldwide discover more about her active life and her deep commitment to civil rights and to children," said David Mao, Acting Librarian of Congress. "From the thoughtful reflections she left us in her own handwriting to her "Featherlite Pancakes" recipe and smiling portraits, you’ll find much to explore in this collection about Mrs. Parks’ life beyond the bus."

Parks became an iconic figure in history on Dec. 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement. Parks died at age 92 in 2005..."
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Sixty Years Later, Cities Celebrate Rosa Parks’ Legacy

"It was a deceptively simple move—a refusal that sparked a civil rights juggernaut and thrust Alabama activist Rosa Parks into the history books. Now, 60 years after Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of a segregated bus, the activist’s legacy lives on in cities across the United States. Here’s a sampling of ways Parks is being honored on the anniversary of her protest:..."
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