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Rosa Parks
1983
Marshall D. Rumbaugh, born 1948, Rosa Parks, 4 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 2005, Unidentified Men
Born Tuskegee, Alabama
- Title:
- Rosa Parks
- Creator:
- Marshall D. Rumbaugh, born 1948, Rosa Parks, 4 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 2005, Unidentified Men
- Date Created:
- 1983
- Description:
Born Tuskegee, Alabama
With a courageous act of civil disobedience, Rosa Parks sparked a challenge to segregation that culminated in one of the seminal victories of the modern civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955, while traveling on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama, the seamstress was arrested for refusing the driver’s demand that she surrender her seat to a white male passenger. When Parks was convicted of violating local segregation laws, Montgomery’s African American community launched a massive one-day boycott of the city’s bus system. The boycott expanded with the help of Martin Luther King Jr. to last 382 days, ending only after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional.
Nacida en Tuskegee, Alabama
Con un valeroso acto de desobediencia civil, Rosa Parks lanzó un desafío a la segregación racial que habría de culminar en una de las victorias fundamentales del movimiento moderno por los derechos civiles. El 1 de diciembre de 1955, cuando viajaba en un autobús público en Montgomery, Alabama, la costurera fue arrestada por negarse a la exigencia del conductor de que cediera su asiento a un pasajero blanco. Cuando la condenaron por violar las leyes locales de segregación, la comunidad afroamericana de Montgomery lanzó un boicot masivo de un día contra el sistema de autobuses de la ciudad. Con ayuda de Martin Luther King Jr., el boicot se extendió a 382 días, y solo se dio por terminado cuando el Tribunal Supremo de Estados.
Marshall D. Rumbaugh [b. 1948]; purchased NPG 1983
Item details
- Partner:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Contributing Institution:
- National Portrait Gallery
- Subjects:
- Neckwear
Dress accessories
Eyeglasses
Reformers
Shackles
Weapons
Crafts and Trades
Textile worker
Neckties
Baggage & Luggage
Pacifist
Handcuffs
Women
Purse
Congressional Gold Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Society and social change
Portraits
Firearms
Police
Activists
Seamstress
Headgear
Sunglasses
Civil rights activist
Costume
Administrators
Hats
Parks, Rosa
Rumbaugh, Marshall D
Unidentified Men
Hat
Weapon
Gun
Bag
Dress Accessory
Equipment
Tie
Necktie
Rosa Parks
Female
Society and Social Change
Reformer
Activist
Administrator
Male
Portrait - Type:
- physical object
- Format:
- Painted limewood
- Rights:
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution