Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa ...
Birmingham, and Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, introduced the Rosa Park Day Act to make Dec. 1 a national federal holiday ...
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 ...
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.
There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every Metrobus and Metrorail train today. February 4 is the birthday of the civil ...
OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - From a statue in the U.S. Capitol to reserved seats on public transit, Sacramento historian Michael Harris works tirelessly to honor Rosa Parks.
Metro is reserving a seat on every bus and train on Tuesday to pay tribute to Rosa Parks on what would be her 112th birthday. “Her actions — refusing ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one ... One of his campaign workers was civil rights icon Rosa Parks, arrested nearly a decade prior in ...
The fare-free day marks the fifth consecutive year that TriMet has honored the legacy of the civil rights icon.