Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

“Not a single federal holiday honors a woman,” said U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio.). Beatty said designating Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day would not just be a day off work. “It’s a day to teach, to ...

At a press conference earlier this month, Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Shomari Figures, D-Ala. introduced legislation to make Rosa Parks Day a federal holiday. The Rosa Parks ...

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On Wednesday, historian Leesa Jones educated the public about the legacy of her cousin - Sarah Keys Evans - at the Washington ...

While several states have adopted their own holidays honoring Parks, no federal holiday currently recognizes her contribution to the civil rights movement. If established, Rosa Parks Day would become ...

A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is honoring her pivotal act of defiance that ignited ...

Nationally renowned speed painter Evan Struck visited the University of North Dakota Thursday, Feb. 20, where he painted a ...

The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for everyone on Tuesday in remembrance of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks.

A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area ...