UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004383379

    Creation Date

    3-21-1956

    Subject—Names

    Rosa Parks

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement

    Description

    Montgomery, ALA.: Rosa Parks, whose arrest for violation of Montgomery's 'Jim Crow' law on bus-seating arrangements touched off a city-wide boycott of buses by Negroes, arrives a court March 19th for trial. She, Rev. E. D. Nixon (left), and 91 other Negroes went on trial for violation of a 1921 Alabama anti-boycott law. The radio interviewer at right is unidentified.

    Format

    BW Photograph, 9" x 7"

    Source

    United Press International

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    Keywords

    African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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