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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - People in Montgomery gathered to celebrate what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum. Nearly 70 years ago, the civil 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, and Oregon on the day she was arrested, December 1. 02/03/2025 February 3, 2025. She stood up for her rights by staying seated. In the 1950s, Rosa Parks gave the US Civil Rights Movement a huge boost, and inspired Martin Luther King Jr. A celebration for civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, on what would have been her 112th birthday party at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum. A celebration for civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, on what The Rosa Parks Museum will honor what would have been Mrs. Parks' 112th birthday on Saturday with free admissions, fun activities and special programs Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been the Civil Rights icon’s 112 th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 1 with free admission to the museum and special programs Rosa Parks Day is an important American commemorative day that takes place on February 4, Rosa Parks’s birthday. The States of Ohio and Oregon are the only ones that celebrate this day on December 1st, the day of her arrest. It is not a public holiday, so businesses and schools run as usual. 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 2025. The Rosa Parks Museum celebrated what would have been Mrs. Parks' 109th birthday on Friday, February 4th, 2022, from 9:00AM to 5:00PM. The museum offered free admission all day along with the 1950s Montgomery city bus. Rosa Parks Day is celebrated in the U.S. on December 1 to honor Rosa Parks, the brave civil rights activist. Her contributions have been most impactful to the movement, but her most famous incident is her refusal to give up her seat on a bus she was commuting on. 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 The Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery held a celebration of her life and legacy the day before her 111th birthday. According to WRGX news, The Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery is offering free admission Tuesday in celebration, complete with birthday cake and a 1950s bus replica. » MORE: 7 pivotal historic Rosa Parks Museum holding birthday celebration. Updated: 2 hours ago. The woman known as the first lady of the Civil Rights Movement has a birthday coming up, and her museum is ready to celebrate! On Saturday, Feb. 1, Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will host a celebration of the civil rights figure’s life and legacy in honor of what would have been her 112th birthday. The event will include free admission to the museum and special programs honoring Parks’ life and legacy. The Yellow Hat Society held its 18th annual Rosa Parks Breakfast Celebration on Feb. 1 at Greater Mt. Triumph Missionary Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall. The family-reunion influenced event celebrated the birthday and legacy of Parks, who was born on Feb. 4, 1913. She was an American activist in the civil rights movement and best known [] 2 min read. Rosa Parks is remembered as one of the most fearless civil rights activists in history. So it’s fitting that her birthday, February 4, has been deemed the National Day of Courage, when we are all encouraged to raise our voices against injustice. A consortium emerging from Atlanta, Georgia is showcasing a collaborative 111th birthday commemoration for Mrs. Rosa Parks, often referred to as the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” in America. With the collaborative 111th commemoration comes synergism for public awareness and petition work to support a federal holiday. Mrs. Parks, as a recipient of both the Presidential A Laketran rider sitting next to the seat marked reserved in honor of Rosa Parks. Throughout the week of Feb. 3, 2025, the first seat on Laketran and Geauga Transit buses will be reserved for a tribute commemorating Parks' commitment to public transit equity, and impact on the modern Civil Rights Movement. Thursday was the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and the museum build in her honor on Troy's Montgomery campus used the day to celebrate the side of In 1990 a party was held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Rosa Parks’s seventy-seventh birthday. The black-tie event was primarily intended to benefit the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development.
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