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Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller are scheduled to be dedicated on the ...
Mobile Real-Time News Alabama moves ahead with 'Rosa Parks Day,' but not as a full-fledged state holiday Published: Mar. 13, 2018, 6:40 p.m.
Learn about civil rights activist Rosa Parks's early life, her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her lasting ...
Alabama icons Rosa Parks and Helen Keller are to be honored with statues on the grounds of the Capitol in their home state. The monuments were mandated in a measure signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey.
(CNN) -- Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city bus.
A new bronze statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks was dedicated to the residents of Montgomery, Alabama on Rosa Parks Day, a day named in her honor. Steven Reed, Montgomery’s first African ...
Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955.
A proposal in the Alabama Legislature would name Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day. However, it would not be a full-fledged state holiday where state offices close.
Hillary Clinton paid her respects to Rosa Parks early Tuesday afternoon during a visit to Montgomery, Alabama. The visit comes as Clinton is attempting to consolidate her support among African ...
More than a decade after her death, the Alabama Legislature has voted to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks with a holiday. Last week, the Alabama House voted 120-0 to establish Mrs. Rosa L. Parks ...
Charles Langford, 84, a former Alabama state senator who fought in key civil rights legal battles as a lawyer for Rosa Parks and the organization that launched the historic Montgomery, Ala., bus ...