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Proposed legislation to create new federal holiday to honor Rosa Parks

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 5, to announce introduction of a bill that would designate December 1 as a federal holiday to commemorate the historic arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery.

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Metro reserves seat on every bus, train to honor Rosa Parks

Metro is reserving a seat on every bus and train on Tuesday to pay tribute to Rosa Parks on what would be her 112th birthday.

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TheRide buses in Ann Arbor are reserving a seat for Rosa Parks on Transit Equity Day

On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her pivotal role in history.

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TheRide pays tribute to Rosa Parks with seats reserved on Ann Arbor buses

Bus riders in the Ann Arbor area may notice something different Tuesday, Feb. 4. It’s Transit Equity Day and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, known as TheRide, is honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each of its buses.

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Rosa Parks’ Life After the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for years.

Who was Rosa Parks? Meet the woman who changed the course of history

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk compared to Rosa Parks by congressman on Martin Luther King Day

A Congressman from Louisiana complimented Donald Trump and Elon Musk, likening the two figures to civil rights activist Rosa Parks after his inauguration fell on MLK day ...

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Rosa Parks: Icon of US civil rights movement

She stood up for her rights by staying seated: Rosa Parks gave the US civil rights movement a huge boost and inspired Martin Luther King Jr. And it was the year that two white men brutally ...

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Who was Rosa Parks?

Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's ...

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