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​Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources:

Azbell, Joe. “Article about the Planning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” Newspapers.com.
Accessed February 6, 2020
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22230125/article_about_the_planning_of_the/.

This source is a newspaper article written by Joe Azbell on the secret planning of the bus boycott
by the Montgomery African Americans. The campaign was initiated and inspired after the arrest
of Rosa Parks. Some more important information is that after her arrest, another African
American woman was also thrown into jail for not giving up her place on the bus. This
information tells us that Parks motivated others to also stand up for their rights.

Arrest Report for Claudette Colvin, City of Montgomery Police Department


Date; March 2, 1955
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/arrest-report-claudette-colvin

This source is a document written on March 2, 1955 which is a record of Claudette Colvin’s
arrest states specifically the events that occurred that day in the police department's point of
view/perspective. It describes in detail who was there, witnesses, and what charges were made.
The police report also shows the 15 year old’s fingerprints when she was arrested.

Interview with Martin Luther King (Video).” Interview with MLK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QZik4CYtgw

This source is a Martin Luther King interview where he tells his beliefs and feelings about the
boycott from his point of view. Martin Luther King tells in the interview the purpose of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott movement and the importance of the issue. There are also clips of
when the boycott was occuring people walking on foot.

“Rosa Parks Papers: Writings, Notes, and Statements, 1956-1998; Drafts of Early
Writings; Accounts of Her Arrest and the Subsequent Boycott, as well as General Reflections on
Race Relations in the South, 1956-circa 1958, Undated; Folder 2.” The Library of Congress.
Accessed December 3, 2019.
https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations
/rosa-parks-gallery/pdf/reflections.pdf

This source includes the writings of Rosa Parks herself, her handwritten reflections on the
Montgomery bus situation, and where she was arrested for not giving up her seat. This source
can be used to show a different perspective on the Montgomery Bus event, rather than from a
bypasser or a police officer, it’s the perspective of Rosa Parks, the woman who it happened to.
This shows us the first sign of rebellion for Rosa Parks. It helps us understand her point of view
of the situation without bias.

Secondary Sources:

Olivia B. Waxman ‘I Was Not Going to Stand.’ Rosa Parks Predecessors Recall Their
History-Making Acts of Resistance
Accessed March 2, 2020
https://time.com/5786220/claudette-colvin-mary-louise-smith/

This includes an article thoroughly explaining the events that occured on March 2, 1955. This
event is a key factor in reasons Rosa Parks decided to stand against segregation. The article also
briefly explains the Jim Crow laws that were placed and how that affected this situation. The
source mentions other activists who also took part in the same actions.

History.com Editors. “Rosa Parks.” History.com. A&E Television Networks,


November 9, 2009.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

This explains black history and more about her early lifestyle and her roots of activism. A quote
that really stood out, “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired,” wrote
Parks in her autobiography, “but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I
was, was tired of giving in.”

“International Civil Rights: Walk of Fame.” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the
Interior.
Accessed November 18, 2019.
https://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof/rosa_parks.htm
This tells us more about the civil rights movement from 1913 to 2005. She was called the mother
of the civil rights movement because she showed the struggle of race and equality at the time.
She bravely did this by not giving up her seat. This source shows us more information about her
and the hardships that were going on. It’s a description of her life and what she had to endure.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Rosa Parks.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia


Britannica, inc.,
October 20, 2019.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosa-Parks

This is Rosa Parks biography which tells us more about her strong-willed personality. It also
shows her life background story of how she grew up, such as her husband and immediate family
members. It also states other articles and sources on this site that are related to this. She became
the mother of the civil rights movement, which is what they called her.

Wineburg, Samuel S., Daisy Martin, and Chauncey Monte-Sano. Reading like a Historian:
Teaching Literacy in Middle and High School History Classrooms: Aligned with Common Core
State Standards. New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University,
2013.

It overall helps us with writing our thesis statement. It also helped us to understand the historical
background of Rosa Parks Story. It really guided us to finding sources because it had a few
recommendable links for us.

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