Autographed photograph of Rosa Parks, one of the first symbols of the fight against racial segregation in the United States.
Black and white photograph showing Rosa Parks arriving at the police station in 1958.
Signature with a black pen, probably during celebrations in the 1990s.
25.3 cm x 20.3 cm.
Excellent condition conservation.
Unique piece.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was a seamstress who became a symbol of the fight against racial segregation in the United States. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Taken to the police station, she decided not to pay the fine.
A young, unknown 26-year-old black pastor, Martin Luther King, then organizes a protest and boycott campaign against the bus company: the mobilization is a success and lasts 381 days.
In November 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down segregation laws on buses, ruling them unconstitutional; in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, prohibiting any form of discrimination in public places; in 2008, Barack Obama became the first Black U.S. president.
Rosa Parks was one of the leading figures in the civil rights movement for Black people in the United States. Discreet until the end of her life in 2005, few autographed documents of hers exist.
