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…
Sheila McCauley Keys, Rosa Parks' niece, speaks during the program, "The Gathering," at the Rosa Parks Museum on Saturday.
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum celebrated Mrs. Parks’ lifelong legacy of advocacy on Saturday with a pair of special programs, free admission to the museum and birthday cupcakes and cookies in recognition of the Civil Rights icon’s 112th birthday, which is Feb. 4.
Donna Beisel, Director of Museum Operations, said that while Mrs. Parks is often…
The new app will make much of the current content in the media area on the second floor of the Children's Wing an interactive experience for visitors.
A grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services will enable Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum to create a mobile app that will engage its visitors, especially the large numbers of school children who tour the museum each year on field trips.
The museum was awarded $50,000 through the IMLS’s Inspire! Grant for Small…
