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 ...

A letter that Rosa Parks wrote in remembrance of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly a decade after his death is up for sale. The letter is available on the website Moments in Time, and is priced ...

Shy and soft-spoken, Rosa Parks was the ideal candidate to lead ... Seeing those images and the few letters the library has between them was “a confirmation that this was the one person who ...

Institute founded by Rosa Parks worries about her letters, pending auction. Aug. 3, 2011 — -- Members of the institute that Rosa Parks formed nearly 20 years before her death are horrified ...

(RNS) A 1960 letter from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Rosa Parks went on sale Tuesday (March 25) for $125,000. “It’s the only letter I’m aware of from King to Parks,” said Gary Zimet ...

My hope was that Rosa Parks would have been chosen, not only as one of top five, but as the new name for Woodrow. But to my complete dismay and utter disappointment, the board didn't even consider ...

A letter written by one Civil Rights icon in remembrance of another is now for sale. Rosa Parks wrote a letter, detailing her thoughts about Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to a Mr. Kessler.

A handwritten letter Rosa Parks penned about Martin Luther King’s contribution to Civil Rights is on sale. The Oct. 6, 1981 artifact is being sold by Moments in Time for $54,000, AL.com reported ...

Hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read from listeners' letters. This week, listeners share thoughts on Rosa Parks' death and objections to a recent story on an album of Beatles "remakes.

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 ...

(RNS) A 1960 letter from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to Rosa Parks went on sale Tuesday (March 25) for $125,000. “It’s the only letter I’m aware of from King to Parks,” said Gary Zimet, ...