Rosa Parks Museum’s 11th annual Juneteenth celebration set for June 20

The 11th annual Juneteenth celebration will include free museum admission, children's activities, live entertainment, food trucks and vendor booths.

The 11th annual Juneteenth celebration will include free museum admission, children's activities, live entertainment, food trucks and vendor booths.

Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will host its 11th annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The free event will take place on Montgomery Street in front of the Museum and include free admission to the museum and the Cleveland Avenue Time Machine, merchandise and service vendors, food trucks,…

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TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum, School of Nursing to host author talk, book-signing with Sherry D. Henderson

Henderson is a retired Adult Nurse Practitioner with a career spanning nearly 40 years.

Henderson is a retired Adult Nurse Practitioner with a career spanning nearly 40 years.

Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will present an author talk and book-signing featuring Sherry D. Henderson, author of Black Magnolia: An Unequivocal Southern Belle, at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 23.

The author talk and book signing with Sherry D. Henderson is set for 6 p.m. on March 23 on the second floor of the…

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Rosa Parks Museum to celebrate Mrs. Parks’ birthday with free admission, special activities

TROY's Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been Mrs. Parks' 113th birthday on Feb. 4 and Feb. 7.

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…

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Rarely seen photos of Rosa Parks donated to TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum

Dr. Jeannine Herron, Donna Beisel and Montgomery NAACP President Isaiah Sankey are shown in front of photo of Mrs. Parks taken by Matt Herron.

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…

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