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