You may think you know Rosa Parks, but a new exhibit aims to educate further about the late activist and civil rights icon.
David OliverWASHINGTON — You may think you know Rosa Parks. But a new exhibit aims to educate further about the late activist and civil rights icon.
Visitors to the nation's capital will already be awestruck by the Library of Congress's striking exterior, featuring tall columns and statues of mermaids. Head inside and you'll be treated to intricate artwork along the walls and hike up the stairs or take the elevator to get to the exhibit itself. You'll walk through the Library of Congress' ongoing exhibition about women's suffrage: "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote.
The Rosa Parks collection includes 140 years of family history and approximately 10,000 items, according to curator Adrienne Cannon. Among details you may not know about Parks: She and husband Raymond Parks worked to free the Scottsboro Boys in the 1930s. She took on the role of secretary of the Montgomery NAACP in 1943. She also worked on Rep. John Conyers' congressional staff from 1965 to 1988.
Such reflections include her brief incarceration, to writing about the larger impact of what living under Jim Crow segregation does to the psyche. "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words" is also the title of a book that serves as a companion to the exhibition, written by Susan Reyburn. It features more than 80 color and black-and-white images from Parks' collection, with many of the pages making their debut in print.Parks died in 2005, but those who knew her say she'd be amazed and honored.
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