Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

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Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec. 1 a new federal holiday. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reintroduced their legislation on ...

If Rosa Parks were alive today, she would be 112 years old. She died 19 years ago, but CityLink in Peoria is making sure that she is never forgotten. In honor of Black ...

The celebration honors Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Metro is reserving a seat on every bus and train on Tuesday to pay tribute to Rosa Parks on what would be her 112th birthday. “Her actions — refusing to give up her seat on ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for years.

The fare-free day marks the fifth consecutive year that TriMet has honored the legacy of the civil rights icon.

Metro is reserving a seat on every bus and train on Tuesday to pay tribute to Rosa Parks on what would be her 112th birthday. Some 10 people killed in attack at Swedish school for adults ...

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th ... On December 1, 1955, Parks famously refused to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus ...

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