IT’S THE 25TH ANNUAL ROSA PARKS DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY IN HONOR OF THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS IN ALABAMA. AND TODAY, PEOPLE ...
Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on ... and the legacy of Rosa Parks." In celebration of Black History Month, TARC will also partner ...
Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks ... simply refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus ...
UP IN THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST ... TARC is saving a seat on every bus in its fleet to honor Rosa Parks and her contribution to the civil rights movement.Each reserved seat will feature a sign ...
The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.
Parks is most famously known for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott after she refused to give up her bus seat to a white person while on a segregated bus in 1955. “Rosa Parks’ courage wasn ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Laketran and Geauga Transit will honor the life of civil rights icon Rosa Parks this week by reserving the front seat on their buses. From Feb. 3 through Feb. 8, a ...
An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec. 1 a new federal holiday. Members of the ...
There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks ... seats to Parks on buses to celebrate her birthday, but the transit agency added them to trains this year. Parks sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott ...
The event is held annually to honor Rosa Parks’ legacy in her refusal to give up her bus seat in an act that sparked a movement for many. Unions around the nation have designed her birthday as ...
It’s Transit Equity Day and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, known as TheRide, is honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each of its buses.