BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks. It was ...
What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...
Transit Authority of River City is participating in Black History Month this February by recognizing a famous civil rights ...
When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...
In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...
People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.
The Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott, Kansas will host "The Kansas City Monarchs and America`s National Pastime," a presentation and discussion by Phil Dixon on Wednesday, February 12 ...
FILE – Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt ... or for recreation to visit events and exhibits at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and The Blacks in Wax Museum, in Baltimore.
The boycott lasted 382 days. National City Lines bus No. 2857 on which Rosa Parks rode that day is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. WikiMedia Commons The photo below is ...
MONTGOMERY—Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been the Civil Rights icon’s 112th birthday on Saturday with free admission to the museum and special programs ...
People know Rosa Parks as the strong-willed woman who wouldn ... Jr. Special Exhibition Hall at the National World War II Museum.
On Saturday, Feb. 1, Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will host a celebration of the civil rights figure’s life and legacy in honor of what would have been her 112th birthday. The event will ...