“Mrs. Parks, of course, was the force behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was really the beginning of the most dramatic era of civil rights activism in Montgomery,” Stevenson said.

The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue of Rosa Parks in its recently built Legacy Plaza in Montgomery. At the Wednesday morning unveiling, EJI founder and Executive Director Bryan ...

Rosa Parks Day Rally and Unity Walk Date: Friday, Dec. 1 Time: 5:30–6:30 p.m. Location: Steps of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Ave., Montgomery ...

Rosa Parks Day is already celebrated in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 1, as well as in Ohio, Oregon, and Texas.

Parks' arrest ignited a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system, led by a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is often credited with giving rise to the modern civil rights movement.

The 2023 argument on a bus was compared to Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955, the lawsuit ...

The Rosa Parks Day Act would designate Dec. 1 as a federal holiday marking Parks’ 1955 arrest in Montgomery, Alabama. She refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

Complete Information About Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Pittsburgh at New Hazlett Theater. Imagine you were told to give up your seat for someone else! This compelling story of ...

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus after work in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down. As the bus filled with passengers, the driver demanded the 42-year-old seamstress move further ...

Rosa Parks famously refused to move to the back of the bus, launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But here's what you probably didn't know.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Saturday, the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute recognized nine women as part of its annual Rosa L. Parks Awards Gala. The 2023 Rosa Parks Honorees include: ...

Alex Gladden, Montgomery Advertiser February 15, 2024 at 5:43 AM·1 min read ...