pioneers talks about rosa parks and her long history of civil rights activism. iny highlight her influence igniting boycotts and nonviolent protests. this event was held to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit please welcome the librarian of congress, doc your dr. carla hayden. good evening. good evening. and welcome to the library of congress. have our pleasure to everyone here for a very special night as we open the library s newest exhibition, rosa parks: in her own words. it is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. can we give them a hand? [laughter] [applause] we would also like to welcome the rosa and raymond parks institute for self-development, led by miss elaine steel. that is another round of applause. [applause] carla: and photographer donna, whose photo of miss parks is prominently displayed in a vital par
newest exhibition, rosa parks: in her own words. it is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family who have come to washington for this special celebration. can we give them a hand? [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of miss parks is prominently displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. and all the leaders and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington including secretary of the smithsonian dr. lonnie bunch [applause] and the archivist of the united states, mr. david very off. and our library guests and staff, and our viewers online, this is being livestreamed right now. and i have to tell you, we are radiating with joy and pride tonight because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful and compelling new exhibition about one of our country s most beloved civil rights icons, rosa parks. the collection resonates strongly with me. after i was sworn in as the
newest exhibition, rosa parks in her own words. it is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family, who have come to washington for this special celebration. can we give them a hand? [applause] we would also like to welcome the rosa and raymond parks institute for self development. that is another round of applause. [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of ms. parks is displayed in a vital part of the exhibition. and all the leaders and staff of different cultural at institutions across washington, including secretary of the smithsonian lonnie bunch. [applause] the and the archivist of the united states, david. [applause] ourour library staff and live.s on this is being livestreamed right now. i have to tell you we are radiating with joy and pride because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful land compelling exhibition about one of our country s most beloved civil rights icons, ro
as we honor rosa parks 100th birthday, we have the honor of having with us to start this celebrity golf celebration off with someone who asked that question a rosa parks. what was behind that? no heard round the world. those two letters that opened the floodgates of divergent streams into that one vast ocean. carried greatat risk. race.ms of gender, the question is, what is behind that kind of courage? those kindsne take of stands, and more importantly, what is the price paid for having done so? theodore harris answered some of those questions and she writes this in her new book the rebellious life of rosa parks. in staten born island, spent about six weeks there, and her family moved to milwaukee, wisconsin where she was raised. the first chair in women s studies and is professor of political science. she s also a cofounder of educators for civil liberties. she s the author of numerous books on the civil rights movement and the temporary politics of race in the united
test. test. test. test. test. test. captioning performed by vitac of the civil rights movement that s been propagated since then? that s a good question. i don t think robinson did. i think nixon did. robinson was angry when they backed off of colvin. colvin was a young girl that parks had worked with. they had a relationship in that sense. so when they backed off of covin, she was really upset. as the article tells you, they re waiting. robinson has been fighting this fight for a decade, right? and when the decision the brown decision comes out and she writes, what, four days later, she writes to the mayor like, you know, just reminding you, african-americans make up 75% of the rioters. if we were to actually boycott, that would be really bad for the bus company, right? that s a threat, right, to the degree to which she could do it. i don t think we can tag that on robinson so much. but i think we can tag it on gender politics of the time and