Historical Sources Paper
Examine the different types of sources on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Write a 3 page paper (double spaced) that analyzes all 4 different sources under the following criteria:
What is the source (Newspaper official document, etc.)?
Who wrote it, and for what purpose?
What does the source say? What is it about?
Is there a possibility of bias, or are there any other potential problems?
How might a historian use this source in a book or paper?
Citations of sources:
- Alabama Journal, November 13, 1956.
- Police Report, December 1, 1955 Page 1 Civil Case 1147 Browder, et al v. Gayle, et. al; U.S. District Court for Middle District of Alabama, Northern (Montgomery) Division Record Group 21: Records of the District Court of the United States National Archives and Records Administration-Southeast Region, East Point, GA.
- Rosa Parks, “The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955–1956: ‘Like a Revival Starting’,” In Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1980s, by Henry Hampton, Steve Fayer, and Sarah Flynn (New York: Bantam Books, 1990).
- Notes from Rosa Parks Papers, Library of Congress.
Boycott111356.pdf
police-report.pdf
Rosa Parks Oral History Interview.docx
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