That began to change on Dec. 1, 1955 — 70 years ago next December — when one woman on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus decided she had had enough of segregation and Jim Crow laws. Rosa Parks ...
There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every ... previously dedicated seats to Parks on buses to celebrate her birthday, but the transit agency added them to trains this year. Parks sparked the ...
standing by the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Another statue commemorates Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama ...
Bayway, the public transit service for Bay County, will offer free bus rides on Tuesday. The free rides are in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday and Transit Equity Day. PANAMA CITY — Residents who ...
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus to ride home from her job at a Montgomery, Alabama department store. As directed by city ordinance at that time, Parks, who was African American ...
Transit Authority of River City will save a seat on every bus in its fleet in remembrance ... and the legacy of Rosa Parks." In celebration of Black History Month, TARC will also partner with ...
and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is honoring her pivotal act of defiance that ignited the Montgomery bus boycott by ...
There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal was a protest about racism against black people. Racism is when someone ...
“Transit Equity Day is a remembrance honoring Rosa Parks for the work she had breaking up problems ... “As a person living with disabilities in the city, I should be able to walk to any bus stops or ...