Alabama Rep. calls for Rosa Parks holiday to counter Trump’s ‘attack’ on Black history
Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Proposed legislation to create new federal holiday to honor Rosa Parks
There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...
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 ...
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Statue of the late US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama
It joins statues of Rosa Parks, unveiled in February, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., unveiled in June, AL.com reported. Atlanta-based sculptor Basil Watson created all three statues ...
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Rosa Parks: Icon of US civil rights movement
The boycott ended on November 13, 1956, after the US Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's bus segregation ... at an NAACP meeting in 1956. The Rosa Parks statue at the US Capitol in Washington ...