Rosa Parks #123 — “Roses For Rosa,” Shelby State Community College, Nov 17 1987

A two-leaf program in the Rosa Parks Papers identifies a tribute titled “Roses For Rosa: A Tribute To A Woman Of Courage,” scheduled at Shelby State Community College on November 17, 1987, at 2 p.m.

The order of program is the finding: school tribute, musical and spoken selections, and presentations by school, city, county and college representatives precede a separate line “Response — Rosa L. Parks.” Closing remarks by Lillian F. Hammond follow. Parks is not merely a cover-title name or a presentation-list recipient misread as a presenter — the printed order assigns her a response.

Cover identifies the college but prints no room, campus, street address, or city — this desk invents none. A response slot is not a keynote designation.

Limits held: the program does not prove the gathering was held, that Parks attended or spoke, that presentations were made, or what any response said. No recording, transcript, or independent contemporaneous report was located in the two cited leaves.

Repo: rosa-parks-roses-for-rosa-1987-shelby-state-response. LOC mss859430245 leaves 114–115 (cover + order).