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Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum to celebrate birthday of late Civil Rights icon

January 31, 2019
By Andy Ellis
The Rosa Parks Museum will offer free admission and other activities on Monday, Feb. 4 in celebration of Mrs. Parks' birthday.

Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate what would have been the Civil Rights icon’s 106th birthday on Monday, Feb. 4 with free admission, special activities and a birthday cake.

Mrs. Parks, often referred to as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, died in October 2005 at the age of 92. Her Dec. 1,…

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Still work to be done as Alabama celebrates inaugural Rosa Parks Day

December 3, 2018
By Andy Ellis
Participants in Saturday's Rosa Parks Day activities walk arm-in-arm down Montgomery Street toward TROY's Rosa Parks Museum.

As the State of Alabama celebrated the inaugural Rosa Parks Day on Saturday, many leaders agreed that while the woman known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” would likely be pleased with progress that has been made, they admitted there is work to be done.

Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum joined St. Paul…

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New downtown Montgomery park pays tribute to Rosa Parks

June 25, 2018
By Andy Ellis
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…

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March 6, 2018
Leaders rally in support of Rosa Parks Day in Alabama