Rosa Parks' Pancake Recipe Helps Us See The Human Side Of A Hero

Enlarge this image Rosa Parks' "Featherlite Pancake" recipe was written on the back of an envelope. After she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955, she and her husband lost their jobs and eventually moved to Detroit. They struggled financially and had to be frugal, which is why she reused papers, like banking envelopes, for recipes. Dan Pashman for NPR hide caption toggle caption Dan Pashman for NPR Rosa Parks' "Featherlite Pancake" recipe was written on the back of an envelope. After she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955, she and her husband lost their jobs and eventually moved to Detroit. They struggled financially and had to be frugal, which is why she reused papers, like banking envelopes, for recipes. Dan Pashman for NPR In 2015, after a 10-year legal battle, the Library of Congress released a trove of Rosa Parks' personal documents. Last year the papers were put online for the first time. They include postcards from the Rev....