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Located in downtown Montgomery, Alabama at the site where Mrs. Parks was arrested, it is the nation's only museum dedicated to Rosa Parks. Our mission is to honor her legacy and that of the boycott by providing a platform for scholarly dialogue, civic engagement, and positive social change. The Rosa Parks Museum is located on the Troy University at Montgomery satellite campus, in Montgomery, Alabama. [1] It has information, exhibits, and some artifacts from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. This museum is named after civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who is known for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person on a city bus. [2] Historic markers designate the site where Rosa Parks boarded the public bus and where she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger and move to the back. The Rosa Parks Museum, located at the site of Parks’ famous arrest, is centered on Parks’ story and its place in the Civil Rights Movement and features a restored Email the Rosa Parks Museum at rosaparks@troy.edu. Phone Numbers: Tour Reservations: 334-241-8661; Gift Shop: 334-241-8616; Museum Information: 334-241-8615; Children's Wing: 334-241-8702 ; Location . Museum: 252 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 Children's Wing: 220 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL 36104 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 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new statue of civil rights legend Rosa Parks was unveiled Wednesday in Montgomery. The public can view the work of art in Montgomery’s Legacy Plaza, located across The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has unveiled a new statue honoring civil rights leader, Rosa Parks at the Legacy Plaza in downtown Montgomery. This statue of Parks is the first to come to the plaza in the coming months. There are plans at the EJI to add two additional statues to honor Civil Rights advocates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and The Rosa Parks Museum is a living memorial for Mrs. Parks and elevates her legacy by serving as a platform for scholarly dialogue, civic engagement, and positive social change. The Museum includes a permanent exhibit, “The Cleveland Avenue Time Machine,” as well as temporary art exhibitions and educational programs throughout the year. Admission Fee: $7.50 Adults; $5.50 Children 12 & under Montgomery, AL – On February 4, 2023, the Montgomery Housing Authority, West Montgomery Action Committee, and several community partners are coming together to celebrate Mrs. Read More » February 4, 2023 Rosa M. Parks (1913-2005) was arrested on a Montgomery bus December 1, 1955 for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest, which happened 2 blocks west on Montgomery Street, sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was led by the Montgomery Improvement Association and culminated in 1956 with Browder v. 4510 Rosa L Parks Ave, Montgomery AL, is a Single Family home that contains 1772 sq ft and was built in 1960.It contains 4 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.This home last sold for $70,000 in December 2023. The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $1,347/mo, which has increased by $1,347/mo in the last 30 days. Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955, African Americans were still required by a Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinance to sit in the back half of city buses and to yield their seats to white riders if the Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. Welcome to Rosa Parks Historic HomeThe Montgomery Housing Authority (MHA) owns and manages the historic home where Mrs. Rosa Parks lived during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in a public housing community known as Cleveland Court (currently called Parks Place). In this unfinished correspondence and undated personal notes, Rosa Parks recounted living under segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, explained why she refused to surrender her seat on a city bus, and lamented the psychological toll exacted by Jim Crow. City Bus lines. Rosa Parks, born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, is celebrated as a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement. Her most notable act of defiance occurred on December 1, 1955, when she refused to yield her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Visit our office. 525 South Lawrence St. Montgomery, AL 36104. Office Hours. 8:00am – 4:30pm. Make a call (334) 206-7200. Send an email. info@mhatoday.org Zillow has 4 photos of this $20,000 3 beds, 2 baths, 1,586 Square Feet single family home located at 3645 Rosa L Parks Ave, Montgomery, AL 36105 built in 1954. MLS #566224. Completed applications can be emailed to bbc@knology.net or mailed to Beulah Baptist Church, 3703 Rosa L. Parks Drive, Montgomery, AL 36105. 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