Alabama Rep. calls for Rosa Parks holiday to counter Trump’s ‘attack’ on Black history
Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa ...
On Rosa Parks Day in CT, advocates say more funding needed for buses, rail
A coalition of transit riders, environmental activists and students called for bigger and more equitable state investments in ...
Massachusetts declared Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day
Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist's legacy ...
Remembering the life of Rosa Parks at California capitol
People gathered at the California Capitol for the 25th Annual Rosa Parks Day. Sacramento Regional Transit brought out old buses that operated in the 1950s. Organizers of the event are hoping more ...
Rosa Parks Day Act bill introduced to honor role in Civil Rights Movement
On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, and Shomari C. Figures of Alabama ...
Who was Rosa Parks? Meet the woman who changed the course of history
The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.