Tag: Rosa Parks
New memorial to depict Rosa Parks at spot of 1955 arrest
A new memorial to Rosa Parks will depict the one-time Alabama seamstress near the spot where she was arrested for refusing to...
Montgomery faces fine, lawsuit for dropping Confederate name
Alabama’s capital city last month removed the Confederate president’s name from an avenue and renamed it after a lawyer known for his...
Alabama Capital renames Confederate street to honor civil rights leader Fred...
The first capital of the Confederacy has renamed a street honoring the Confederate president to recognize a Black civil rights lawyer instead,...
Terri Sewell supports bill to honor Rosa Parks with a new...
Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper along with Reps. Terri Sewell and Joyce Beatty introduced the Rosa Parks Day Act, a bill to honor civil...
Mo Brooks vows to vote no on H.R. 3005
Tuesday, Congressman Mo Brooks announced Tuesday that he will vote “No” on H.R. 3005. The bill calls to replace the bust of...
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed wants to honor Civil Rights lawyer Fred...
Fred Gray has long been a part of the Civil Rights movement. At just 24 years old, he helped defend Rosa Parks...
Early civil rights supporter Jean Graetz dies in Alabama
Jean Graetz, an early white supporter of equal rights for Black people in Alabama at the start of the civil rights movement,...
Alabama lynching memorial, museum expanding
The pavilion will include a gift shop, soul food restaurant and a shuttle service to the memorial and museum.
Rosa Parks statue to be unveiled
A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be unveiled Sunday in downtown Montgomery.
The statue will be unveiled at 1...
Alabama Book Festival attendees first to see state’s bicentennial children’s book
Attendees of the Alabama Book Festival at Montgomery’s historic Old Alabama Town on Saturday received a special treat: they were the first to see...
