Tag: Rosa Parks
Listing of More Than 100 African Americans Emblazoned on U.S. Postage...
Compiled by The Birmingham Times
For more than a century, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) stamps have paid homage to people who have left their...
Rosa Parks Day 2021 And The Making of History
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Wednesday marked the 66th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks. On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks took stand against...
Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One
By Chuck Chandler
Alabama Newscenter
Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens.
Fred D. Gray Sr. can.
The...
Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks
By Dankin Andone
CNN
(CNN)-Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for...
Statues of Helen Keller and Rosa Parks coming to Alabama Capitol
By Justin Averette
Alabama NewsCenter
Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill last week creating a commission charged with installing statues of Rosa Parks and...
Bib & Tucker Sew-op to recognize Alabama’s unsung heroines
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Every year since the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 2015, members of the...
#BlackHistoryMonth: Notable Alabamians, Part Eleven
Times staff report
The AT&T Alabama African-American History Calendar has been highlighting the achievements of the state’s best and brightest since 2011. It highlights the...
