Rosa Parks

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September 21, 2021
The Mabel Rush Elementary School staffer in Newberg, Oregon came to the campus calling herself Parks, her face darkened.
Rosa Parks, theGrio.com
September 17, 2021
Ohio's Joyce Beatty and two of her colleagues in Congress want to make Dec. 1, the day Parks' arrest sparked…
Lucille Times theGRIO.com
August 20, 2021
Civil rights activist Lucille Times, who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, passed away Monday evening at the age of 100.
Rosa Parks thegrio.com
December 1, 2020
Rosa Parks is being honored on the 65th anniversary of her refusal to give up her seat to a white…
Shameik Moore theGrio.com
May 29, 2020
Shameik Moore decided, like many, to chime in on the scourge of police brutality that continues to rear its ugly…
April 18, 2020
White House adviser Stephen Moore called Trump-supporting protesters the "modern-day Rosa Parks" after rallying against coronavirus shutdowns in Michigan.
UTA
February 27, 2020
UTA men’s basketball team honored icons for Black History Month by wearing shirts that featured Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant and…
Nicki Minaj thegrio
February 5, 2020
Nicki Minaj is getting backlash because a preview of new song “Yikes” had a line about civil rights icon Rosa…
Rosa Parks
December 2, 2019
A brand new bronze statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks was dedicated in Montgomery Alabama. Steven Reed, Montgomery's first…
August 26, 2019
Two iconic women, Rosa Parks and Sally Ride will be honored with their own Barbie figures for their historic contributions…
December 1, 2018
On December 1st sixty-three years ago, Rosa Parks refused white bus driver James Blake’s order to give up her seat…
August 17, 2018
The family of Aretha franklin is reportedly planning to hold a public viewing at the Charles H. Wright Museum of…
July 26, 2018
[griojw id=”y90Hi9Bn” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A little part of civil rights history will live on in the homes of those who
March 12, 2018
A foundation that's backing an art project built around a Detroit house where Rosa Parks once lived says it's considering…
black history month thegrio.com
February 14, 2018
Black History is essentially a retelling of the past that is “limited” to one month of the year, which in…
April 14, 2017
Urana McCauley, the niece of Rosa Parks, says that it's ridiculous to draw comparisons between her aunt and United Airlines…
February 14, 2017
Mike Ilitch, who founded Little Caesars and who owned the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, died on Friday at the
October 6, 2016
Rosa Parks' home was facing destruction and demolition, so a Berlin-based artist had it moved to Germany.
September 21, 2016
What does it say about a country that still names its schools after those who kidnapped black people and chained…
March 4, 2016
A young black woman ordered by a bus driver to give up her seat and move to the back -the…