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Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum receives grant to create new mobile app

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.

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…

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Rosa Parks Museum’s ‘Architects of Change’ summer camp focuses on non-violent conflict resolution

The Architects of Change summer day camp will run June 5 - 9 at the Rosa Parks Museum.

The Architects of Change summer day camp will run June 5 - 9 at the Rosa Parks Museum.

Helping young people to resolve conflicts peacefully is the focus of the upcoming summer day camp at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum.

The “Architects of Change” day camp is set for June 5-9 and is open to area students entering grades 6 through 12 in the upcoming school year. The cost of the camp is…

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Author H.H. Leonards discusses the life, leadership lessons of Rosa Parks

Author H.H. Leonards discusses her book

Author H.H. Leonards discusses her book "Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus" with TROY librarian Alyssa Martin Weiler during Rosa Parks Day presentation.

The story of Rosa Parks’ historic arrest on Dec. 1, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat aboard a Montgomery city bus to a white male passenger, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, is well known and widely documented. In “Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons and Leadership,” author H.H. Leonards wanted…

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Author talk, displays and free admission highlight museum’s Rosa Parks Day observance

Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum will observe Rosa Parks Day activities on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum will observe Rosa Parks Day activities on Thursday, Dec. 1.

A book discussion with author H.H. Leonards will highlight Rosa Parks Day activities at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum on Dec. 1.

In 2018, the Alabama Legislature unanimously approved a bill declaring Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day in the state. Dec. 1 marks the anniversary of Parks’ historic 1955 arrest after she refused to…

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