Boycott Marks 64 Years with Virtual Program

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Dancers in “Women's Resistance.” Florida State University dance professor Jawole Willa Jo Zollar has been recognized by the Ford Foundation as part of the series, “The Future is Hers,” which recognizes women challenging how art is defined. HAYIM HERON Foundation taps dance prof for ‘Future is Hers’

Anna Prentiss Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Robert O. Law- age and the strength to carry on,” Zollar 1936 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford. FSU Communications ton Distinguished Professor and Nancy said. “But, to be recognized by an or- Over the years, it has supported distin- Smith Fichter Professor of Dance, is one ganization like the Ford Foundation, is guished women writers, artists, film- A Florida State University dance pro- of 14 women featured in the series, mind-blowing. It is especially gratifying makers and storytellers. These women fessor has been recognized by the Ford which celebrates the power of women to be included in the company of such have forced the world to rethink the very Foundation as part of the series, “The and girls around the world. accomplished women, artists I hold a lot definition of the arts by using their gen- Future is Hers,” which recognizes wom- “Being recognized by anyone, period, of light around.” en challengingTallahassee how Democratart is defined. - 05/17/2020 is always amazing;Copy Reduced it gives you to the79% cour- from originalThe Ford to Foundationfit letter page was created in See DANCE, Page 2C Page : C01

‘HISTORY IS KNOWLEDGE’

TALLAHASSEE BUS BOYCOTT MARKS 64 YEARS WITH VIRTUAL PROGRAM

Amanda Sieradzki He counts local, FAMU activists, Wilhel- Council on Culture & Arts mina Jakes and Carrie Patterson among these individuals. Tuesday, May 26, will “From chaos, and from the ashes, we usu- mark the 64th Anniversary of the Tallahas- ally have a few good people rise to the top,” see Bus Boycott when Jakes and Patterson remarks Dr. Keith Parker, a sociology profes- sat in the “whites only” section of a segre- sor at Florida A&M University who applies gated bus. Many students were arrested and his field’s theory of “rising expectations” to charged with “placing themselves in a posi- acts of courage and activism. tion to incite a riot.” Jakes and Patterson “If you expect people to do good things, woke up the next morning to burning crosses they will. History teaches us that many men on their front lawns. and women do not adhere to the common de- The “Footsteps to Freedom” sidewalk pays The National Education and Empower- nominator. They are the outliers and they tribute to the 1956 bus boycott and 1960 ment Coalition will honor these students make it possible for others to excel,” Parker lunch counter sit-ins that took place in said. Tallahassee. TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT FILE See BOYCOTT, Page 2C

AT TOP: The most iconic photo of the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott is this one picturing Rev. C.K. Steele (by window) and Rev. H. McNeal Harris, riding at the front of a Tallahassee city bus on Dec. 24, 1956, when protesters began riding the buses in a “non-segregated manner.” FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

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during their annual celebration on May der as a lens and their work to ampli- 21 and 22. Though this year will look dif- fy women’s voices, issues and per- ferent due to COVID-19 restrictions, ac- spectives. tivities will include a virtual showing of Zollar is a renowned American two documentaries, as well as lives- dancer and choreographer who tream panel discussions. This will be teaches in the FSU School of Dance. Parker’s sixth year involved in the re- She is the founder of Urban Bush membrance. Women, a Brooklyn-based dance “I am still fascinated to learn more company that highlights stories of about the valor and courage of ordinary disenfranchised communities men and women, especially when it in- through dance from the perspective volves doing things at the time when of a black woman and a member of they had very little protection from state the African diaspora. and federal law enforcement agencies,” “By using dance as both the mes- says Parker. “They knew the risks in- A Star Metro bus has been wrapped in honor of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott and sage and medium, she volved in their efforts, but they put the the members of the civil rights movement that participated. has created a highly in- greater good of the community before ALVIN MCBEAN/TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT novative way for a di- their personal self-interests.” verse mix of communi- Parker grew up immersed in conver- ties to connect and en- sations surrounding injustices and the Virtual Event gage with one another,” fight for basic civil rights. His desire to wrote Margaret Mor- be a community-engaged leader and so- What: Annual Celebration of the Talla- Zollar ton, director of Creativ- ciologist was driven by the bravery of hassee Bus Boycott ity and Free Expression the men and women in his Mississippi When: May 21-22 for the Ford Foundation. “Most re- hometown where his interests in social cently, she established the Urban justice and human success stories first Cost: Free Bush Women’s Choreographic Cen- coalesced. Contact: For more information please ter, a 10-year initiative to address is- He credits his “village” of school- visit sues of equity for women, particular- teachers, religious leaders, elders and neec-inc.org/tallahassee-bus-boycott. ly women of color, in the field of athletics coaches for their mentorship. dance.” In the 1950s, they discreetly shared in- Since creating the company in formation about the life experiences, first entered college on an athletics 1984, Zollar has demonstrated the heroism, sacrifices and bravery of out- scholarship for basketball. “Sports con- power of performance and cultural standing men and women such as Har- tinues to provide a vehicle for self-im- FAMU student Wilhelmina Jakes expression to organize social change riet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Freder- provement, community, empowerment, helped to start the Tallahassee bus and drive conversation around con- ick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. and I believe, international communica- boycott. Fifty years later she came troversial topics such as racism, sex- “I grew up in the shadows of the aw- tion.” back to her alma mater to help ism, abortion and homelessness. ful 1964 murders of three civil rights In sharing his research, Parker dedicate a plaque on campus. “Like many faculty at FSU, my workers as they traveled back from Phil- passes the torch his early educators TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT FILE work in teaching is a creative labora- adelphia, Mississippi, to Meridian after handed to him, opening the eyes of in- tory for discovery,” Zollar said. “I investigating the destruction of several terested students. He’s proud of former think the ability to be among so many churches,” recalls Parker, who was 9 students who have become doctoral history for K-12 classroom lessons and accomplished colleagues AND bright years old at the time. “That is when I candidates, were scouted by leading make these stories more readily avail- students pushes me to extend be- started paying attention.” government organizations and entered able to all communities. yond my own self-imposed creative Three years later, he watched as civil law school. “I think history is knowledge and boundaries.” rights activists Victoria Gray Adams, While these new voices are being knowledge is power, and we need to em- For more information on the FSU Annie Devine and Fannie Lou Hamer nurtured, Parker recognizes the impor- power our communities so we do not al- School of Dance, visit dance.fsu.edu. were seated on the floor of the U.S. tance of keeping the voices of the past low the awful things that happened in House of Representatives in 1968. He alive. the past to percolate again,” says Parker. said that moment made him proud to be The Tallahassee Bus Boycott Cele- “History is every day. My hope is that we a Mississippian. Years later it would in- bration will show the documentary will take this information and we will “Like many faculty at FSU, form his research in criminology, social “Footsteps to Freedom” followed by a use it on a regular basis, and whenever stratification, race and ethnic relations discussion from community partici- we have the opportunity, to share with my work in teaching is a and social and environmental justice. pants who were part of the FAMU dem- others the growing successes of this creative laboratory for The sociology of sports became an- onstrations. There will also be a presen- community.” other platform for Parker as he blended tation by Rev. Dr. Henry Steele, the son Amanda Sieradzki is the feature discovery.” his interests to uncover the role athletes of one of the early pillars of the Civil writer for the Council on Culture & Arts. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar play in social movements. Jackie Robin- Rights Movement, Rev. Dr. C. K. Steele. COCA is the capital area’s umbrella son purchased reading materials for There will also be oral interviews pro- agency for arts and culture (www.talla- demonstrators and protesters who were vided by the University of Florida’s hasseearts.org). arrested and jailed. Harry Edwards, Samuel Proctor Oral History program John Carlos and Tommie Smith refused with a presentation by program direc- to participate in the 1968 Olympics giv- tor, Dr. Paul Ortiz and digital humanities en the treatment of black athletes, ram- production coordinator, Deborah Hen- pant racism and continued segregation. drix. HOMESECURITYYOUCANTRUST “I like to look under the rocks of the Parker is looking forward to their in- GETANADT®-MONITORED SECURITY SYSTEM FROM PROTECT YOUR HOME evolution of sports,” says Parker, who sights on how to share and adapt this

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