TROY’s Rosa Parks Museum commemorates anniversary of Parks’ arrest, launches fundraising effort to expand exhibit

Students from Montgomery's Dozier Elementary School prepare to tour the Rosa Parks Museum's main exhibit on Dec. 1.

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…

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Author to discuss new Rosa Parks book at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum Feb. 25

Author Susan Reyburn will discuss the new book

Author Susan Reyburn will discuss the new book "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words" at 6 p.m., Feb. 25 at the Rosa Parks Museum.

 Susan Reyburn, senior writer-editor in the Library of Congress Publishing Office, will visit Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum at 6 p.m. on Feb. 25 to discuss her new book “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words.”

The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the museum’s auditorium.

The new book…

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