A flyer advertising a talk by Rosa Parks at Bethel AME Church in Springfield, Massachusetts. Sponsored by the NAACP. c. late 1950s. 8 x 5 1/2''. Faint crimps through paper where flyer had been folded into quarters.

"Hear the Woman Who Set-Off The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Mrs. Rosa Parks". This talk would have most likely been not long after Mrs. Parks began the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott movement by refusing to give up her seat on December 1, 1955.

From the Gregory Reed Collection. Gregory Reed was Rosa Parks' lawyer, and consequently had in his possession a number of documents relating to African American history and the Civil Rights movement. Additionally, he represented the family members and Estates of members of various Motown groups, such as the Temptations.