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  1. 5 days ago · The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis provides a revealing window into Parks' politics and years of activism.

    • Jeanne Theoharis
    • Jan 21, 2014
    • 0807076929
    • Adults
  2. 3 days ago · Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist before her famous 1955 bus arrest in Montgomery. Her refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and ignited the civil rights...

  3. 4 days ago · The following year, in 2002, Bassett acted in Sunshine State and The Rosa Parks Story. In The Rosa Parks Story, Bassett was cast as Rosa Parks. Laura Fries of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Bassett "takes her physical strength and turns it inward to portray Parks" and expressed her belief that "lesser hands" would allow for misinterpretation ...

  4. 4 days ago · The diagram below shows where Rosa Parks sat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. At the time, the first ten seats on Montgomery buses were reserved for white passengers only. Parks was sitting in the eleventh row.

  5. 2 days ago · We all know the story of Rosa Parks. How on on Dec. 1, 1955, a Thursday in downtown Montgomery, Ala., she would change the course of this nation. Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded the vehicle, paying the 10 cent fare.

  6. 5 days ago · This touching biopic brings to life the incredible story of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, chronicling her courageous act of defiance and its lasting impact on the fight for racial equality. Through an exploration of her activism, unwavering strength, and dedication to justice, the film pays fitting tribute to a woman who refused to ...

  7. 2 days ago · Rosa Park, the pioneering founder of Francis Gallery and Cereal, is a visionary figure whose creative journey spans continents and disciplines. Currently splitting her time between Los Angeles, CA, and Bath, UK, Rosa's career has been marked by intuitive decisions and unwavering dedication.