Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!
American civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She made her mark in history in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, when she refused to …..
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Rosa Parks Postage Stamp: Nice!
The US Postal Service has released a handsome stamp for her 100th birthday.
Emmett Till Would Be Just 70 Years Old Now
Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old whose murder helped spark the Civil Rights revolution of 1955, was born on this day in Chicago in 1941. He’s been dead for 56 years, yet he’d be just 70 years old today.
Rosa Parks, Happy 98th Birthday!
Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.
Rosa Parks Tells Her Bus Story
From the archives of Pacifica Radio, a 1956 interview with Rosa Parks:
Happy Birthday, Rita and David
Today is the birthday of American poet Rita Dove (born 1952) and film director David Fincher (born 1962).In celebration, here’s a charming video interview from 1999, in which Rita talks to Charlie Rose about her poetry and Rosa Parks.