"Ballad of Momma Rosa Parks" by Baytown Singers, 1963

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Phonograph record

Date Made

1963

Creators

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

Performed by the Baytown Singers for MGM Records, Hollywood, California

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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