*Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon made famous for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, is often mischaracterized as a quiet ...

Rosa Parks: First Statue of African-American Female to Grace Capitol Feb. 27, 2013 -- intro: Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman ...

This 1956 poster is just one of thousands of items of Rosa Parks' personal collection now digitized by the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Curious about the life and experiences of the woman ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of items from civil rights icon Rosa Parks that were long kept hidden away in a New York warehouse will have a new home at the Library of Congress for the next 10 years.

Meg McAleer, one of the archivists working on the Rosa Parks collection, says the documents provide a new window on the courage and skill of... After Years In Lockdown, Rosa Parks' Papers Head To ...

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Yinka Shonibare, “The American Library Collection (Activists)” (2018) (image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York; photo by Patrick Sampson) Bea Nettles, “The Skirted Garden” (1969), gift ...