Rosa Parks would go on to do the same thing nine months later. "It's a story for kids to talk about things that gives kids the initiative to say, 'Hey, I can be more than just sitting in class ...

Two Vancouver schools will don new names to separate themselves from the violent legacies of their eponymous historical figures. On Tuesday, Vancouver Public School’s Board of Directors voted to ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres turned an ordinary school assembly into an extraordinary moment of joy Friday, surprising 250 third graders at Rosa Parks Elementary School with brand-new ...

This “I am” series of books has taken on a life of its own for you and your collaborating partner. But we have your kids to thank it, ... “I am Amelia Earhart,” “I am Abraham Lincoln,” “I am Rosa ...

Outrage over the books barred from Duval classrooms even reached the halls of Congress, where Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) read Perfection Learning’s Rosa Parks book into the record, to “see ...

Among the books, he pointed out, was a children’s book about Rosa Parks. “It was ‘I Am Rosa Parks,’” he said. “There was no reason to throw that book out of the library.” ...

In the 1960s, Stewart worked for WENN-AM radio where he was widely known as the on-air voice of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. Photo of Shelley Stewart with Rosa Parks. Courtesy of ...

Sewell, a Democrat, introduced H.R. 308 which would establish the federal holiday, in January. The bill is backed by 31 co-sponsors, all of whom are members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The book you mentioned is a biography of a tennis legend geared for elementary-school-aged children. It’s called I am Billie Jean King, and it was written by Brad Meltzer.. Meltzer is an ...

Other books in the series include stories about the lives of chemist Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein, among others. The author of the book series has condemned book ...

(The Hill) – A Florida textbook publisher removed all references of race from a lesson about civil rights icon Rosa Parks in order to get a Florida committee’s approval, according to The New … ...