Smith, now 94, was reminiscing back to that day 60 years ago when she witnessed Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala. “Back then, they would beat ...
On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her ...
It’s Transit Equity Day and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, known as TheRide, is honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks ... in TheRide bus seats feature a photo of Parks, saying ...
took a photo in front of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, then turned themselves in. 3. Rosa Parks wasn’t the first—or only—person arrested for disrupting bus ...
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 ...
The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa ... bus system, a pivotal event in the modern Civil Rights Movement. The way Parks took ...
As part of an annual celebration to honor the birthday of civil rights activist Rosa Parks ... honors Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama ...