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We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was in fact a radical, civil right activist who spent years fighting for justice and she knew exactly what she was doing. In fact, she wasnât even the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat. So why do we all know a misleading story about Rosa Parks? Watch the episode to find out.
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Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)
Learn More about Rosa Parks & Recy Taylor
facebook.com/TheRapeofRecyTaylor
Biographical Articles:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
http://rosaparksfacts.com/rosa-parks-early-life-childhood
biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
http://www.rosaparks.org/biography
biographyonline.net/humanitarian/rosa-parks.html
huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/rosa-parks-essay-rape_n_912997.html
http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/01/opinion-its-time-to-free-rosa-parks-from-the-bus
huffingtonpost.com/paul-schmitz/how-change-happens-the-re_b_6237544.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/living/rosa-parks-anniversary-feat/index.html
Claudette Colvin:
npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin
npr.org/2013/02/04/171079150/remembering-rosa-parks-on-her-100th-birthday
theatlantic.com/notes/2015/12/remembering-rosa-parks/418167
biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378
npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/27/389563788/before-rosa-parks-a-teenager-defied-segregation-on-an-alabama-bus
youtube.com/watch?v=V3NvXzFOb6w
youtube.com/watch?v=pW80tV31eL0
Books of Note:
Alabama women: their lives and times / edited by Susan Youngblood Ashmore and Lisa Lindquist Dorr.
Want to start a revolution?: radical women in the Black freedom struggle / edited by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, and Komozi Woodard.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks/ by Jeanne Theoharis
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 /Lynne Olson
Montgomery Bus Boycott:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
On Documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor:
youtube.com/watch?v=6BJgNUrS38c
youtube.com/watch?v=28K540feCow
youtube.com/watch?v=iZR_tb6u-7Y
Additional Links from Pink and Blue Clothing Episode:
pinkisforboys.org/blog/did-the-nazi-triangle-inspire-pink-symbolism
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=35
http://www.american-presidents.org/2009/12/in-pinkmamie-pink-that-is.html
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We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was in fact a radical, civil right activist who spent years fighting for justice and she knew exactly what she was doing. In fact, she wasnât even the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat. So why do we all know a misleading story about Rosa Parks? Watch the episode to find out.
Do you enjoy the show? The check us out on:
Like our Facebook Page: facebook.com/pbsoriginofeverything
Instagram: @pbsoriginofeverything
Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)
Learn More about Rosa Parks & Recy Taylor
facebook.com/TheRapeofRecyTaylor
Biographical Articles:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks
http://rosaparksfacts.com/rosa-parks-early-life-childhood
biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715
http://www.rosaparks.org/biography
biographyonline.net/humanitarian/rosa-parks.html
huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/rosa-parks-essay-rape_n_912997.html
http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/01/opinion-its-time-to-free-rosa-parks-from-the-bus
huffingtonpost.com/paul-schmitz/how-change-happens-the-re_b_6237544.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/living/rosa-parks-anniversary-feat/index.html
Claudette Colvin:
npr.org/2009/03/15/101719889/before-rosa-parks-there-was-claudette-colvin
npr.org/2013/02/04/171079150/remembering-rosa-parks-on-her-100th-birthday
theatlantic.com/notes/2015/12/remembering-rosa-parks/418167
biography.com/people/claudette-colvin-11378
npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/27/389563788/before-rosa-parks-a-teenager-defied-segregation-on-an-alabama-bus
youtube.com/watch?v=V3NvXzFOb6w
youtube.com/watch?v=pW80tV31eL0
Books of Note:
Alabama women: their lives and times / edited by Susan Youngblood Ashmore and Lisa Lindquist Dorr.
Want to start a revolution?: radical women in the Black freedom struggle / edited by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, and Komozi Woodard.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks/ by Jeanne Theoharis
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 /Lynne Olson
Montgomery Bus Boycott:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
On Documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor:
youtube.com/watch?v=6BJgNUrS38c
youtube.com/watch?v=28K540feCow
youtube.com/watch?v=iZR_tb6u-7Y
Additional Links from Pink and Blue Clothing Episode:
pinkisforboys.org/blog/did-the-nazi-triangle-inspire-pink-symbolism
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=35
http://www.american-presidents.org/2009/12/in-pinkmamie-pink-that-is.html
