Chamber Music solo viola
SKU: PR.114423570
And The People Went To
Work. Composed by
Adolphus Hailstork. 8
pages. Duration 9
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42357.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114423570).
ISBN
9781491136386. UPC:
680160688920.
One
of the bravest and most
potent calls to social
action by one individual
was the famous 1955
refusal by Rosa Parks to
give up her bus seat,
laying the groundwork for
the ensuing civil rights
movement.
Hailstork’s title
says it all, and his
dramatically expressive
work for solo viola
declaims it all. Using a
musical language that
evokes action, blues, and
power, along with a
considerable infusion of
contemplation and
determination, ROSA PARKS
SAID “NO†is
a 9-minute instrumental
monodrama perfect for any
concert recital as well
as special programming
needs.
The Montgomery
bus boycott was a
political and social
protest campaign against
the policy of racial
segregation on the public
transit system of
Montgomery, Alabama. It
was a foundational event
in the civil rights
movement in the United
States. The campaign
lasted from December 5,
1955 — the Monday
after Rosa Parks, an
African American woman,
was arrested for her
refusal to surrender her
seat to a white person
— to December 20,
1956, when the federal
ruling Browder v. Gayle
took effect, leading to a
U.S. Supreme Court
decision that declared
the Alabama and
Montgomery laws that
segregated buses were
unconstitutional.THE
FIGHTIn addition to using
private motor vehicles,
some people used
non-motorized means to
get around, such as
cycling, walking, or even
riding mules or driving
horse-drawn buggies. Some
people also hitchhiked.
During rush hours,
sidewalks were often
crowded. As the buses
received few, if any,
passengers, their
officials asked the City
Commission to allow
stopping the service to
black communities. Across
the nation, black
churches raised money to
support the boycott and
collected new and
slightly used shoes to
replace the tattered
footwear of
Montgomery’s black
citizens, many of whom
walked everywhere rather
than ride the buses and
submit to Jim Crow
laws.THE TRIUMPHThe
Montgomery bus boycott
resounded far beyond the
desegregation of public
buses. It stimulated
activism and
participation from the
South in the national
Civil Rights
Movement.