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Tag: Rosa Parks

WMATA celebrated Rosa Parks Day by reserving a seat for the civil rights icon on each of its buses and was also honored with a replica of the bus she sat on. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro Remembers Civil Rights Icon with ‘Rosa Parks Bus’

by Micha Green and Marckell Williams December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Though Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat about 800 miles away, in Montgomery, Alabama, and more than six decades ago, Metro celebrated her contributions to history 67 years later.

Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Obituary

The World Mourns Death of John Lewis

by Stacy M. Brown July 23, 2020December 21, 2021
Rosa Parks, seen here circa 1955 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the background (National Archives)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Remembering Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Icon and Black Women’s Suffrage Champion

by Stacy M. Brown April 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 98

by Hamil R. Harris March 28, 2020December 21, 2021
The new "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words" exhibit opened Dec. 5, 2019, and runs through September 2020. (Shawn Miller/Library of Congress)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Library of Congress Exhibition Pays Tribute to ‘Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words’

by Denise Rolark Barnes December 11, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inLetters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Rosa Parks Statue Long Overdue

by WI Guest Author December 11, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of aldailynews.com
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Alabama Unveils Rosa Parks Statue on 64th Anniversary of Saying ‘No’

by WI Guest Author December 4, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inLetters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Today’s True Icons

by WI Guest Author September 25, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** Passengers at Metro's L'Enfant Plaza Station in southwest D.C. wait for a train on March 9 after another malfunctioned inside the station. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

STEPHEN: Honor Rosa Parks’ Legacy by Supporting Public Transit

by WI Guest Author January 30, 2019October 31, 2020
Courtesy of smithsonian.com
Posted inBlack History

Brown U. Nixes Display of Rosa Parks House Amid Contention

by WI Guest Author March 9, 2018October 31, 2020

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