Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
Following David Dao’s violent removal from a United Airlines plane, many people have rallied around the victim. In a press conference, Dao’s lawyer Thomas Demetrio, insisted, “Dr. Dao, I believe to his great credit, has come to understand that he is the guy, the guy to stand up for all passengers going forward.” Demetrio added that […]
Lola Jones is serving up some serious #BlackGirlMagic transforming herself into the likes of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Angela Davis.
Detroit businessman Mike Ilitch offered to pay Parks' housing for as long as necessary after a 1994 burglary.
Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks, could be the face of the new $20 bill. What are your thoughts? (NBC Nightly News) To celebrate the 100th aniversary of women’s right to vote, there just might be a change in the $20 bill; a big change! There’s an idea, not yet confirmed, to put […]
Today, known as the “First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement”, Mrs. Rosa Parks would have been 92 years old. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus spurred a city-wide boycott. The city […]
Black History Month is in full effect. Nickelodeon is participating by having stars of their shows recite poetry for influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement. How To Rock star and daughter of Master P, Cymphonique Miller honored Rosa Parks in her video clip. Cymphonique reflects on Parks on how Parks’ refusal to give up […]
As we celebrate Black History month, we pay tribute to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her way home from work when…
