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Rosa Parks’ Life After the Montgomery Bus Boycott
In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful ...
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Remembering Rosa Parks' 1990 visit to Yakima
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story ...
TheRide buses in Ann Arbor are reserving a seat for Rosa Parks on Transit Equity Day
On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her ...
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Rosa Parks: How a Simple Act Sparked a Civil Rights Revolution
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: A Movement Is Born Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the most significant events in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Friday's consumer boycott passed largely unnoticed but backers say they'll be back
So what happened with the Great Consumer Boycott of 2025? It was scheduled for Friday, February 28 and was supposed to be the ...
People’s Union USA Calls For National Boycott In A ‘Feb 28 Economic Blackout’
A consumer-activist group founded by John Schwarz has launched a grassroots campaign to halt all consumer spending on Friday, ...
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Legislation introduced for Rosa Parks Day federal holiday
Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. Credit: Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. At a press ...
In a powerful new book, a hero of the Civil Rights era tells her story to children
Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...