"Ballad of Momma Rosa Parks" by Baytown Singers, 1963
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Rosa Parks's December 1, 1955, refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus led to such successful public action that many consider her act to be the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. The Baytown Singers, a group of folk-singing southern California college students, immortalized her story in song.
Rosa Parks's December 1, 1955, refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus led to such successful public action that many consider her act to be the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. The Baytown Singers, a group of folk-singing southern California college students, immortalized her story in song.
Artifact
Phonograph record
Date Made
1963
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, California, Hollywood
Creator Notes
Performed by the Baytown Singers for MGM Records, Hollywood, California
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2006.3.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of William S. Pretzer
Material
Polyvinyl chloride
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Width: 7.125 in
Length: 7 in
Diameter: 6.875 in
Inscriptions
front of dust jacket: MGM RECORDS / THE GREATEST NAME IN ENTERTAINMENT! center label side 1: M-G-M / SPECIAL DISC JOKEY RECORD / NOT FOR SALE / 45 R.P.M. / K13223 / THE BALLAD OF MOMMA ROSA PARKS / (VENET-MIZE) / THE BAYTOWN SINGERS ... center label side 2: M-G-M / SPECIAL DISC JOKEY RECORD / NOT FOR SALE / 45 R.P.M. / K13223 / TOBACCO ROAD / (LOUDERMILK) / THE BAYTOWN SINGERS ...
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