LANCASTER — Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator, local ...
Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. Credit: Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. At a press ...
Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist’s legacy of advocating for racial equality and change. Lawmakers filed a bill ...
TriMet riders in Portland will enjoy free rides tomorrow, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks, as the transit agency commemorates ...
YEAH. WELL, TODAY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE HONORING THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS. IT’S THE 25TH ANNUAL ROSA PARKS DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY IN HONOR OF THE WOMAN ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For Rosa Parks Day each year, Knoxville Area Transit reserves a seat on each bus for the Civil Rights icon. The seats have flyers explaining the importance of Parks’ actions.
HOWELL — Livingston County organizations and municipalities committed to improving public transportation will be recognized at a yearly event. The third annual Livingston County Rosa Parks Transit ...
A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is honoring her pivotal act of defiance that ignited the ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Tyler Transit will have a seat reserved on each bus in recognition of Rosa Parks’ memory on Monday. The city announced that the memorial is meant to recognize the Dec. 1 ...
For the shortest month of the year, February is chock full of important holidays and observances, including lovey-dovey Valentine's Day and patriotic President's Day. Of course, February is also ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Huntsville Transit will honor the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks by offering free rides on Monday. City officials said for the seventh year, there will be free rides ...
AND IS VOWING A SWIFT APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT. PARENTS OF A TWO YEAR OLD IN OSCEOLA COUNTY SAY THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO THEY BELIEVE IS THE ONLY BLACK CHILD IN THE CLASS, WAS MADE TO PLAY ROSA PARKS ...