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A Citilink bus adorned with unique artwork paying tribute to civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been on the streets of Fort Wayne for only a few weeks, and it’s already turning heads. The ...
Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Ala., in March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks. Now 82, she says that justice from the court system is overdue ...
Pushing for library integration. The cost to the bus company was far greater, with a boycott that lasted 381 days. At the time of her arrest, she was already actively involved in the NAACP working ...
A proposal is pending for the former Detroit home of Civil Rights Movement activists Rosa and Raymond Parks to be named a ...
Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime ...
For the first time, on every bus and paratransit bus you’ll find a sign that’s located near the front honoring Rosa Parks and her contribution to the Civil Rights movement in her courageous ...
Rosa Parks seated toward the front of the bus, Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) Park’s memory is celebrated with a single red rose and a sign that says ...
Rosa Parks’ great-niece, Erica Thedford, currently serves on the foundation's board. “This scholarship has helped underprivileged children gain an education," Thedford said.
Some people thought one of the featured faces looked like Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.
Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Ala., in March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks. Now 82, she says that justice from the court system is overdue ...