Rosa Parks' relative celebrates the civil rights icon's 112th birthday
People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.
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Healey signs Rosa Parks Day Bill
Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator, ...
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Yellow Hat Society holds 18th annual Rosa Parks Breakfast Celebration Feb. 1
The Yellow Hat Society held its 18th annual Rosa Parks Breakfast Celebration on Feb. 1 at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary ...
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Sister Dana sez, “Commemorate and celebrate…”
Sister Dana sez, “Commemorate and celebrate the history and achievements of African-Americans during BLACK HISTORY MONTH!” ...
North Omaha community remembers struggle for equal rights during Keep the Dream Alive March
Omaha residents honor the historic civil rights marches with a local march, emphasizing the importance of remembering and continuing the struggle for equal rights.
How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia “Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily differentiated herself ...