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Sunny Nash - Race Relations in America: Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycott & Jim Crow Law - 0 views

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    This site and blog is relevant to our discussion on race and an analysis of the image at hand as it provides us with the background information of race in America and the influence that Rosa Parks had in this regard. Specifically, the site discusses the actions of Rosa Parks and the context in which she lived in how she challenged the Jim Crow Laws and how her actions helped spark the movement that would change American society and culture. The site also provides some background information on the famous photo that we are analyzing in this unit. The contextual and background information provided in this site is useful with our analysis in this unit.
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On Rosa Parks' 100th Birthday, Recalling Her Rebellious Life Before and After the Montg... - 0 views

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    This source and site is very pertinent as it provides information on the life of Rosa Parks before and after the Montgomery Bus incident and subsequent boycott and the impact her legacy remains with us today. In particular, this source provides both video of a segment done on the subject as well as the text transcript. The reason that this site and source is important and relevant to the analysis of the image at hand is due to the fact that it provides us with the context of Rosa's struggle and how her struggle helped change the nature of America. This is a very relevant source that helps us place ourselves in the shoes of Rosa Parks and the struggle that she fought and overcome.
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Rosa Parks Re-examined - 0 views

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    This site provides an overview of the life of Rosa Parks and the impact that she had on the civil rights movement and the impact that she continues to have in today. This site is extremely useful in exploring the image on hand as it provides the context and background of Rosa's life and experiences and how this culminated in the image and impact that Rosa Parks has for many of us today. In addition, it provides information on the image in that the photo in question is a historic photo that was staged for the purposes of history and meaning. This site provides swaths of extremely useful information and is extremely relevant for our discussion at hand.
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Our Towns - The Man Behind Rosa Parks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This article is a very important article that helps cover and highlight both the influence that Rosa Parks had on the civil rights movement but most importantly helps answer the question as to who the man was behind Rosa Parks in the timeless image that we have been analyzing in this unit. This site and article is especially useful in exploring the image in question as the entire article helps to highlight and explain the image in question. As the article notes, the man in the image is not a segregationist as some may assume to be, but rather is Nicholas C. Chriss who was a reporter working at the time in covering the Civil Rights movement. Details of Mr. Chriss and the meaning of the picture is detailed and explained throughout the article.
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'The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,' by Jeanne Theoharis - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This article beautifully highlights the life of Rosa Parks and provides background information on both her life and the image in question. This article provides a story and a narrative of the life of Rosa Parks and how she triumphed and advanced the civil rights movement and her legacy remains everlasting today and for the future. The site provides background information on the image that we observed in this unit as it includes it within the context of the story and provides the information in that the image was a staged portrait for Look magazine of Rosa Parks in front of a bus in December of 1956. The finding represents the notion of both femininity and the impact of the civil rights movement.
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