Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Ala., and became an iconic symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s after she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...
Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This lead to African-Americans boycotting public transportation ...
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Rosa Parks statue is now the first monument of a Black woman at Alabama State Capitol
Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller were unveiled at the Alabama State Capitol on Friday, making them the first Alabama women to be honored there.
One of the icons of the civil rights movement, the legacy of Rosa Parks has lived on for generations as a sign of strength and courage amid hostile discrimination. Parks, who would've turned 107 years ...
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Two of Alabama’s most historically important women to receive an honor usually reserved for men
While inside the Capitol there is a bust of former Gov. Lurleen Wallace, there were no monuments to women on the Capitol ...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist whose quiet courage ignited one of the most significant protests in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Often called "the Mother ...
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing a bus driver’s order to give up her seat to a white man. Her act of civil disobedience kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott to ...
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Ala., and became an iconic symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in the 50s after she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...
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