The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.
As a young woman, Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to live with her husband, Raymond Parks. Raymond was a barber and an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored ...
Rev. Milford L. Griner, president and founder of Gainesville’s Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee (RPQCC), also took the ...
Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee members held their first tribute in 2006. Then in 2008, they lobbied before the city ...