Rosa Parks Speaking, Alabama Freedom March, 1965
By Stephen Somerstein
About the image
Rosa Parks's refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus on December 1, 1955 changed America and redirected the course of history.
Here she is seen giving a speech in Selma, Alabama, circa 1965, at the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement. Baptist Minister Ralph Abernathy is next to her.
Release Notes:
This image was featured for the first time for collectors at our landmark exhibition: Rosa Sat, Martin Walked, & Barack Ran: From a Seat on a Bus to a Desk at The White House, in February, 2010.
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Rosa Parks Speaking, Alabama Freedom March, 1965