MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala., new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement ...
U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty and other central Ohio community leaders commemorated the 20-year anniversary of Ohio becoming the first state to have a day to memorialize Rosa Parks, the late Civil Rights ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This month marks 70 years since the Montgomery Bus Boycott, sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955. On Friday, at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, Leora Jackson showed a ...
Rep. Joyce Beatty delivered floor remarks marking 70 years since Rosa Parks’ arrest in Montgomery, which sparked the 381-day bus boycott and propelled the civil rights movement forward. She also ...
In the video: Melba Bolton Richardson talks about her sister Betty Bolton Wiens’ experience as a witness to Rosa Parks’ arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus ...
This week marked the 70th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks, the matriarch of the civil rights movement, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a White passenger. The ...
On Dec. 2, 1955, the Montgomery Advertiser published a short crime item at the bottom of page 9 under the headline "Negro Jailed Here for 'Overlooking' Bus Segregation." The five-paragraph account of ...
December 1 marked the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' courageous refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, an act that helped ignite the modern civil rights movement. Behind the scenes, one ...
DETROIT — On Monday, the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation marked the anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest by opening its doors for free, bringing visitors in all day long to see the restored ...
The city of Lafayette, Louisiana, held a ceremony to honor the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic act of defiance. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, ...