Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. Summary: On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, contravening ...

In his closing speech, her barrister likened her actions to that of the Suffragettes and Rosa Parks. Owen Greenhall said: “It is important that you don’t think of direct action as something ...

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott Scroll ... in Washington D.C. and delivered his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech to a crowd of 250,000 people. Many historians believe that this speech ...

On Saturday, March 8, thousands gathered in Grand Rapids’ Rosa Parks Circle for an International Women’s Day celebration and ...