WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) has reintroduced a bill directing Congress to commission a statue of former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm to be displayed in the United States Capitol. Currently, there are four statues and busts…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, Illinois. “Because of the riots in Springfield, that brought about serious conversations and meetings about…
Two community groups and supporters came together to honor a well-known civil rights activist and to demand transit equality. They also demanded city leaders listen to their transit concerns at a bus terminal in Nashville on February 5. The rally,…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) On Dec. 1, 1955, 61 years ago, Rosa Parks took a seat on a bus and rode into history. That was when Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Ala., refused to give up her seat on a bus to a…
Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. There were actually several women who came before her, one of whom was Claudette Colvin. It was…
Many this week have acknowledged the birthday of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, an American, who was born February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.A. She would have been 100 years old on February 4, 2013, this past Monday. She died…
