How The Henry Ford Museum Found And Restored The Bus Rosa Parks Was Arrested For Riding
When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...
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Park City Transit saves a seat for Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneers
Park City Transit is honoring Black History Month by saving a seat on the bus to honor civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
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Rosa and Her Seat: The start of the Montgomery bus boycott
But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...
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The power of Black boycotts: Be intentional
Throughout history, Black communities have used economic boycotts as a powerful tool for resistance, empowerment and social change. Boycotts have served as a means to protest racial injustice, ...
Rosa Parks Day Act bill introduced to honor role in Civil Rights Movement
On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, ...
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Proposed legislation to create new federal holiday to honor Rosa Parks
There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...
RTD bus and train rides free Tuesday to honor civil rights leader Rosa Parks
Metro Denver residents can ride Regional Transportation District buses and trains for free on Tuesday as part of Transit ...
Who was Rosa Parks? Meet the woman who changed the course of history
The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.
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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks born in Tuskegee, Alabama
Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?