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In her memorandum, Lucero said that the driver failed to establish any reason for instructing Davis and another Black male passenger to move to the back of the bus that was not racially discriminatory ...
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 ...
Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...
The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...
The Yakima Valley SunDome was packed when the petite woman with silvery hair and a soft voice began to speak. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The ...
LANCASTER — The first Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts was celebrated Tuesday evening at the Bulfinch Meetinghouse, providing a dose of comfort during a time of great political turmoil that ...
Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist's legacy of advocating for racial equality and change.
TARC will save a seat on every bus in its fleet in remembrance of Parks and her contribution to the civil rights movement.
Eighty-nine-year-old Gertrudejane Holliday Stone reflected on her 'Rosa Parks moment' aboard the "Big Boy" train in 1955.
Alternative facts have always been with us, and they've always been used to cover up uncomfortable truths. Here's some ...
Who is Rosa Parks? After refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, Parks was arrested and placed in custody. She was released on bail later that ...
Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. TriMet will waive fares in her honor.