A Detroit City Council committee took a step on Thursday toward officially recognizing the former longtime flat of civil ...

A proposal is pending for the former Detroit home of Civil Rights Movement activists Rosa and Raymond Parks to be named a ...

For months, internet users have circulated a rumor that civil rights activist Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks, had a car. Many commenters appeared to believe the claim discredited Parks, who ...

A claim began circulating online in early 2024 that civil rights activist Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks, had a car. It's unclear where the rumor originated, but it was repeated by American ...

Parks desire to continue working to improve the lives of others and fight injustice was the reason the two of them started the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in 1987.

History tells us that Rosa Parks (1913-2005) ... (“American Gangster”) as Parks’ husband Raymond. “The tone of the set [on the movie] was really beautiful.

Amazingly, production marks the first time Parks’ story has been told onscreen and comes with the full cooperation of Parks and the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks documents much of that experience. For example: In 1932 at the age of 19, she married Raymond Parks, a barber who was already a member of the NAACP.

Rosa Parks collecting NAACP membership dues of $2, likely during a trip to Los Angeles in 1956. Photograph by McLain's Photo Service. Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development/Library ...

1. Fight the injustices of the criminal legal system. Rosa McCauley grew up in a political family, but when she met Raymond Parks, “the first real activist I ever met” she saw the possibility ...

Rosa Parks is an icon of the civil rights movement. But as historian Jeanne Theoharis recounts, she didn’t just get arrested once on a bus. ... When she met Raymond Parks at age 18, ...