Rosa Parks: Beyond The Bus and The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Olivia and Raven share details of Rosa Parks' personal life, her extensive activism, and realities of her arrest and The Montgomery Bus Boycott.

 

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Discussion Summary:

01:05: Topic intro, Rosa Parks’ story didn’t start on a Montgomery bus.

02:34: Rosa Parks’ childhood, personal life, and activism outside of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

19:49: The Montgomery bus incident and her arrest.

24:03: Beginnings and aftermath of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

33:58: Thoughts on how discussions about racial violence against Black people is a necessity in the Black community, but a choice for white people.

39:58: Commemorations of Rosa Parks.

48:39: Outro.

 

Episodes Referenced:

How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is Weaponized and Sanitized

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/how-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-is-weaponized-and-sanitized/

The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/

James Weldon Johnson and the Black National Anthem

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/james-weldon-johnson-and-the-black-national-anthem/

 

Learn More!

"Beyond the Bus: Rosa Parks’ Lifelong Struggle for Justice"

https://www.loc.gov/collections/rosa-parks-papers/articles-and-essays/beyond-the-bus/

Rosa Parks

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosa-Parks

ROSA LOUISE PARKS BIOGRAPHY

https://www.rosaparks.org/biography/

Montgomery Bus Boycott

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott