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Rosa Parks Library and Museum
URL: http://montgomery.troy.edu/museum/

Description:
The website for this library and museum contains information about Rosa Parks (1913-2005), the black woman whose refusal to give her seat on a public bus to a white man inspired the 1955 civil rights movement event known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Includes biographical information, photos, and links to more information about Parks and Montgomery, Alabama, history. From Troy University, Montgomery, Alabama.

LII Topics: Biographies & Famous People, Biography (Individuals), Black Resources, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Museums, Notable People: Women, Segregation & Discrimination, Women

Publisher:
Troy University

Extra Keywords
African American civil disobedience segregation

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African American civil rights workers
African American women
Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations
Parks, Rosa, 1913-
People

LII Database Information:
Record 19459 created by Jennifer English on 10/25/2005
Last modification on 10/26/2005
Published: 10/26/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19459

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