Many people – both black and white – knew that segregation wasn’t fair and they protested about it…but little changed. IMAGE 6: Then, one day in 1955, a woman called ROSA PARKS boarded a ...
On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to move to the back of a bus to accommodate a white passenger ... by Montgomery's Black residents, and eventually ...
In the segregated South, African Americans were denied equality in the workplace, a chance for a decent education and the right to visit restaurants and use restrooms that white people also used.
Transit Authority of River City is participating in Black History Month this February by recognizing a famous civil rights ...
Sewell wants Dec. 1 to become “Rosa Parks ... a White House statement reads. Sewell elaborated on her plan this morning during a briefing where she was joined by Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, along ...
Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. Summary: On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, contravening ...