It was 2 p.m. on a recent Sunday in the western Colorado town of Paonia, population 1,500. Not an ideal time to gather a crowd to meet the famous Rosa Parks, the woman who kicked off the modern civil ...
Our series A More Perfect Union aims to show that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us. In this installment, we take a look at a new exhibit about someone who embodied that ...
Rosa Parks is widely regarded as a Civil Rights icon and hero. Kanye West called her a “plant.” Yo! Kanye West continues to be the darling of debauchery in media. He has gone from bashing George Bush ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ended legal segregation on Montgomery's city buses on Nov. 13, 1956, and a boycott of city buses officially ended just over a month later. An estimated 40,000 Black bus riders ...
Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WKRC) - A Florida textbook publisher apparently altered the story of Rosa Parks printed in its books, removing all references to her race. The New York Times reports this was done ...
Rosa Parks helps Xavier, Yadina and Brad learn a valuable lesson: everyone should be treated equally. / Thurgood Marshall helps Xavier with a tough pie problem by showing him how to be fair to ...
It comes 64 years after Parks was arrested for violating segregation laws. City officials in Montgomery, Alabama, unveiled a new statue of Rosa Parks on Sunday, exactly 64 years after the civil rights ...
ON MARCH 2ND. IN HONOR OF TRANSIT EQUITY DAY, AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY, THE GREENSBORO TRANSIT AGENCY IS DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL. GTA OFFERED FARE FREE BUS RIDES ALL DAY TODAY.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s a big day for ice skating fans in Grand Rapids: The ice rink at Rosa Parks Circle has ...