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The artist who turned a house where Rosa Parks once lived into an art piece says he's working to ensure the home is displayed in Rhode Island, even after Brown University pulled its support.
On the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest on a Montgomery bus, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell is leading an effort in Congress to make Dec. 1 a federal holiday. In a speech Friday, Sewell asked ...
American actress Jenifer Lewis accuses Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., of lying and rants about civil rights icons including Rosa Parks and Emmett Till at rally for Senate candidate Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla.
Rosa Parks was fined $14 ... The group initiated the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, where King held his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of more than 200,000 people.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the story of civil rights icon Rosa Parks was "too woke" for the Republican party during an impassioned speech from the House floor on Thursday.
Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Her courageous act is now American legend. She is a staple of elementary school curricula and was the second ...
On December 1, 1955, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Now 64 years to the date, the Milwaukee Country Transit System honors the Presidential Medal ...
Both lawmakers are moving ahead with bills to name the same federal building in Detroit after Rosa Parks and the late U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.
LANCASTER — The first Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts was celebrated Tuesday evening at the Bulfinch Meetinghouse, providing a dose of comfort during a time of great political turmoil that ...