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* Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon made famous for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, is often mischaracterized as a quiet seamstress, with little attention paid to her full life story. A new Library of Congress exhibition, “Rosa Parks: […]

Kerry Washington and Rpsa Parks / Twitter *Kerry Washington is honoring Rosa Parks by recreating the civil rights activist’s famous 1955 mugshot.  “A lot of people think that Rosa’s activism started with her refusing to give up her seat on the bus,” Washington wrote Monday in an Instagram post of the side-by-side photo. “But she […]

*The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) honored the legacy of Rosa Parks, a civil rights icon, on December 1, 2016.  Each bus in their fleet had a seat reserved in her honor and their headlights shined all day.  As someone who appreciates history and as a PR professional, I was intrigued by the pre-event media I saw regarding […]

Daphne Bradford *Standing on the shoulders of Rosa Parks, yours truly, Daphne Bradford, wrote this article as a response to Black Lives Matter activist Joseph Williams’ public attack against me in his egregious attempt to find out who I am. As the Los Angeles-based BLM activist tries to knock me off the shoulders of the […]

Roger Guenveur Smith, Loretta Devine, Meta Golding, Isaiah Washington Behind The Movement Cast Members *TV One’s original film “Behind The Movement” is a unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat launched the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott. Directed by Aric Avelino, Meta Golding stars Rosa Parks alongside Isaiah Washington as Edgar “E.D. Nixon,” Loretta Devine as Jo Ann Robinson, Roger Guenveur Smith as Raymond […]

*SILVER SPRING, MD –– Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat 62 years ago was only the beginning. Premiering on TV One in February, Behind the Movement offers a closer look at how the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott was planned in just three days and ultimately led to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s […]

*Mattel has released a Barbie doll of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, which is the latest addition to the Inspiring Women’s series.  According to Barbie’s Instagram page: “The #Barbie Inspiring Women Series pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time. This year, we’re adding two courageous women – Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks, and the […]

American Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks poses as she works as a seamstress, shortly after the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott, Montgomery, Alabama, in February 1956. (Photo by Don Cravens/Getty Images) *Florida Governor Ron Desantis wants schools to talk about race and race relations in America without talking about race.  As part of the […]

[…] Jews,” he said, as reported by Sports Keeda. READ MORE: ‘I Like Hitler’ Says an Unhinged Kanye West in ‘Infowars’ Interview with Alex Jones | WATCH Kanye calls Rosa Parks “a plant” controlled by the media against black people to create trauma pic.twitter.com/A2vBKjm3iG — A Time For Change (@atime_forchange) December 12, 2022 Elsewhere in the conversation, […]

Revitalization of Watts continues with Rosa Parks Metro Station *County transportation officials this week gave a “sneak peek” of the $128 million renovation of the A Line’s Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station and the Rosa Parks Customer Center in Watts. Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti, County Supervisor and Metro board member Mark Ridley-Thomas, […]

*A lot of folks would say it’s long overdue, but the reality is that it finally happened. We’re referring to Rosa Parks being honored with a statue. The Parks statue was unveiled in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday (12-01-19), 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of […]

Rosa Parks *Filmmaker Julie Dash is preparing to direct a biopic on civil rights icon Rosa Parks, which will focus on the decade before the seminal moment she refused to give up her seat for a white person on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. According to Deadline, the story will center on Parks as an […]

Urana McCauley (left) with Rosa Parks (Photo Credit: Twitter.com) *Urana McCauley, the niece of Rosa Parks, penned a piece for  Shonadland.com, where she shared her excitement at hearing Oprah Winfrey tell the story of Alabama woman Recy Taylor, who was abducted and raped by six white men in 1944. Parks, a young activist at the time, was […]

* Rosa Parks’ recently unearthed pancake recipe calls for a unique Ingredient…peanut butter. Dan Pashma discovered the unexpected recipe while combing through a collection of Parks’ personal documents — released in 2015 by the Library of Congress and published online just last year. Included in the vintage collection are postcards from the Rev. Martin Luther […]

*For most of our lives, when we hear the name Rosa Parks, we immediately think of a tired seamstress whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. TV One’s new original film, “Behind The Movement,” shows the backstory of Parks, one that was far […]