Rosa Parks

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August 25, 2011
OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality…
July 29, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Long before Rosa Parks was hailed as the "mother of the civil rights movement," she wrote…
July 22, 2011
OPINION - When it comes to preserving African-American history and culture, why are we always on the losing end?...
July 21, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - A lawyer involved in a long-running dispute over the estate of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks claims…
July 1, 2011
SLIDESHOW - With the upcoming celebration of Independence Day, there are activists who paved the way for our independence as…
May 20, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Freedom Riders were trying to integrate Southern bus stations when they arrived in Montgomery on…
December 6, 2010
OPINION - On this 55th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, perhaps we can finally end the myth of Parks…
December 3, 2010
SLIDESHOW - 'Thriller' was released, Tupac was shot and Rosa Parks took a stand for civil rights; this is an…
December 2, 2010
VIDEO - December 1st, 2010 marked the 55th anniversary of the fateful day Rosa Parks refused to give up her…
November 2, 2010
As TPM reported previously, Fox News hosts complained that Obama's use of "back of the bus" is a racially insensitive…
October 15, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
September 7, 2010
OPINION - The civil rights movement is also rooted in African-American women's long struggle against sexual violence...
August 2, 2010
An exhibit that aims to help visitors relive Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 visit to Paterson, just days before…
January 14, 2010
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July 13, 2009
The largest and most-expensive transit center in Detroit has been dedicated to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.