Rosa Parks Arrest Sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott
By Tony Pettinato on December 1, 2016
An article about the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott... (Read More)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jackie Robinson & Rosa Parks Obituaries
By Tony Pettinato on October 23, 2013
During this October week in American history three pioneering activists died who had a big impact on American society: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women’s rights activist, died at 86 on 26 October 1902 Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, American baseball player and civil rights activist, died at 53 on 24 October 1972 Rosa Louise McCauley... (Read More)
Rosa Parks Statue: Honoring an American Civil Rights Pioneer
By Tony Pettinato on February 28, 2013
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on an Alabama bus 58 years ago, her act of defiance against racist laws sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and accelerated the Civil Rights Movement, forever changing America. In a ceremony Wednesday in Washington, D.C., which was attended by dozens of... (Read More)
