The Rosa Parks Museum will hold activities on Saturday, Dec. 1, in commemoration of Alabama's inaugural observance of Rosa Parks Day.
Saturday will mark the inaugural observance of Rosa Parks Day in Alabama, and Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum has events planned as a part of the local celebration.
The Alabama Legislature approved a bill introduced by Rep. Laura Hall and Sen. Vivian Figures, declaring Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day. The bill’s passage made Alabama…
The exhibit "Rosa Parks: An Inspiration for a Movement" will open tonight at Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum.
A new exhibit examining Rosa Parks’ peaceful protest when she refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery city bus in 1955 and how those actions continue to inspire nonviolent civil disobedience today will open Thursday night at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.
An opening reception is set for 6 p.m. in the museum’s exhibit…
The Rosa Parks Museum has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that will fund two traveling exhibits.
Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to create two traveling exhibits highlighting women who played key roles within the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The more than $119,000 grant received by the museum was one of 26 awards made nationally through the IMLS African American…
Lower Dexter Park, located at 29 Dexter Avenue, is located on the site of the former Montgomery Fair building where Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress.
A park, located in downtown Montgomery on the site of the department store where Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress, officially opened on Thursday with some special elements paying tribute to the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”
The pocket part, located between buildings at 29 Dexter Ave., has been designated Lower Dexter Park and…
