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Rosa Parks Day is a holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks, celebrated in the U.S. states of Missouri and Massachusetts on her birthday, February 4, in Michigan and California on the first Monday after her birthday, and in Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon and several cities and counties on the day she was arrested, December 1. The latter date is the icon’s birthday, declared Rosa Parks Day by Ohio and Oregon. A legend of the civil rights movement, Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 ignited a long boycott that lasted for 381 days, leading to the desegregation of transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks Day is an observance and not a public holiday in the U.S. About Rosa Parks On December 1, 1955, African American seamstress Rosa Parks was travelling in a Montgomery City bus when the bus driver asked her to vacate her seat for a white man. Get ready to honor the legacy of Rosa Parks and celebrate Rosa Parks Day on Dec. 1! This day was first observed in California in 2000, and has since been adopted by many other states as well. It's a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the impact that Ms. Parks had on civil rights history and her legacy of fighting for racial justice, equality On February 4, to celebrate Rosa Parks's 100th birthday, the Henry Ford Museum declared the day a "National Day of Courage" with 12 hours of virtual and on-site activities featuring nationally recognized speakers, musical and dramatic interpretative performances, a panel presentation of "Rosa's Story" and a reading of the tale "Quiet Strength In the 1950s, Rosa Parks gave the US Civil Rights Movement a huge boost, and inspired Martin Luther King Jr. In 1998, various US states introduced Rosa Parks Day — some on December 1, the Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on February 22, 1956, by Lieutenant D.H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boycott. Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the Congressional Medal of Freedom in Detroit on Nov. 28, 1999. Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the Rosa Parks Day is a holiday in celebration of the life and achievements of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks is widely considered one of the icons of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. She is remembered for her act of protest that involved refusing to give up her seat to white passengers on a bus, but she became a leader in the Rosa Parks Day honors the American Civil Rights hero on December 1st, the day she refused to give up her seat for a white passenger while riding a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. In some states it's also celebrated on February 4th, her birthday, or the first Monday after her birthday - February 5th in 2024. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement." On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. It’s Rosa Parks Day 2025; the 112th heavenly birthday of legendary activist herself in the civil rights movement and freedom movement best known for boycotti San Bernardino transit agencies will celebrate Transit Equity Day in honor of Black seamstress Rosa Parks, whose stand against segregation in 1955 changed American history. According to the San Nov 26, 2016 - Explore Ruth Ellen Eisen's board "Happy Rosa Parks Day, 12/1/1955!" on Pinterest. See more ideas about rosa parks, rosa, african american history. The important thing about Rosa Parks is more than just "sitting down." Firstly, this was during an era of American history where racial segregation was very much a thing, sometimes more subtle (such as housing discrimination or language) and sometimes very much in tour face (black only vs. white only signs, doors, locations, bathrooms, etc.) This day serves to honor the legacy of the civil rights activist, Rosa Parks on what would have been her 112 th birthday. Pictured on the right, is the print out that will be found on our transit services on Feb. 4, on a seat reserved for Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks, the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance. Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the Transit Equality Day or "Transit Equity Day" is a holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks, celebrated in the United States on her birthday, February 4. Rosa Parks Day was created by a network of Unions, including the Labor Sustainability Network, in 2017. [ 1 ] LANCASTER — Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator 61 years ago today Rosa Parks stood up for civil rights by sitting down. After a long, hard day at work she refused to give up her seat to a white male passenger.
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