Supported by the Mellon Seminar for Public Engagement and Collaborative Research at the Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center

www.RosaParksBiography.org (Link)

Description: „Introducing a new educational website and teaching resource that traces Rosa Parks‘ ‚life history of being rebellious‘ and challenges the idea of Rosa Parks as an ‚accidental‘ or ‚tired‘ or ‚meek‘ woman who just one day made a stand. Drawn from Jeanne Theoharis‘ The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and various archival sources including Rosa Parks‘ newly-opened papers at the Library of Congress, this project traces the expanse of Rosa Parks‘ political work and the breadth of the Black freedom struggle across the 20th century. The website features a timeline, narrative of her life of activism, primary sources to use in class, and teaching guides. Focusing on her history through criminal justice, it shows the significant connections and overlap between the civil rights movement and where we are today in this country.“

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