WASHINGTON - Rosa Parks is known as the mother of the ... with what would have been Parks' 102nd birthday. In one letter, Parks describes her historic refusal to forfeit her seat on that ...

comes through decisively in the recently opened Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress. It features previously unseen personal writings, letters, speech notes, financial and medical ...

Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress ... following one of his many arrests, in his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here." ...

K-pop star Lalisa Manobal, who goes by the name Lisa, caused quite a stir with her ensemble at the Met Gala. Lisa, an actor and member of the band Blackpink, showed up to the Met Gala on May 5 donning ...

Because of heroes like Rosa Parks, Americans no longer have to endure ... African American woman and seven members of her family got letters from a Tea Party-affiliated group last year challenging ...

The documentarians also take advantage of a trove of Parks' letters, photos and artifacts that were made public in December 2019. The Library of Congress' exhibition: "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words ...

Her exact words are saved in the Library of Congress archives. A scan of a typed letter is available in “Rosa Parks Papers: Writings, Notes, and Statements, 1956-1998; Statements; Nomination of ...

and the school had not been contacted by the organization before the letters were sent. “The portrayal of Rosa Parks should be a source of empathy, not a means to inflict pain. The Florida NAACP ...