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  Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end…

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On this day in history, an ordinary woman made a courageous decision that had extraordinary results. 60 years ago, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks…

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now preview the commemoration of the Million Man March and the Justice or Else rally in Washington D.C.

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  Rosa Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, could be the face of the nation’s new $20 bill. She’s among the top four…

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The black-and-white photograph of Rosa Parks on the bus looks familiar. She’s staring forward, reenacting her moment in history as if preparing for a place…

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called “the first lady…

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Hundreds of items from the civil rights figure Rosa Parks that were long kept hidden away in a warehouse will have a new home at…

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    A 1960 letter from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to Rosa Parks went on sale Tuesday for $125,000. “It’s the only…

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  *Good grief! What is wrong with the Republicans? We know they want to attract more African Americans and Latinos to the party but they…

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Next week, President Barack Obama will honor pioneering civil rights activist Rosa Parks (pictured) in an unveiling ceremony of a statue at the U.S. Capitol…

Black History Month is in full effect. Nickelodeon is participating by having stars of their shows recite poetry for influential figures in the Civil Rights Movement. How To Rock star and daughter of Master P, Cymphonique Miller honored Rosa Parks in her video clip. Cymphonique reflects on Parks on how Parks’ refusal to give up […]