TROY's Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been Mrs. Parks' 113th birthday on Feb. 4 and Feb. 7.
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been the Civil Rights icon’s 113th birthday in February with free museum admission and birthday activities on both Feb. 4 and Feb. 7.
Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, AL. Her historic Dec. 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her…
Dr. Jeannine Herron, Donna Beisel and Montgomery NAACP President Isaiah Sankey are shown in front of photo of Mrs. Parks taken by Matt Herron.
Rarely seen photos of Rosa Parks taken at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in 1965 by famed photographer Matt Herron have a new home – Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.
Herron, known for his photography of landmark events in the Civil Rights Movement, took the photos of Mrs. Parks at…
Students from Montgomery's Dozier Elementary School prepare to tour the Rosa Parks Museum's main exhibit on Dec. 1.
At 6:06 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, bells around the country chimed for 70 seconds to mark the 70th anniversary of the historic arrest of Rosa Parks that sparked the 382-day boycott of Montgomery city buses. At Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum, located on the spot of Mrs. Parks’ arrest, those bells not only were…
This year's event, set for June 14, marks the Rosa Parks Museum's 10th annual Juneteenth celebration.
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will host its 10th annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 14, featuring live performances throughout the day, local vendors, children’s activities and free admission to the museum and Children’s Wing.
The free event will take place in the 200 block of Montgomery Street, which runs in front of the museum, and…
