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6 unusual facts about Rosa Parks


Myles Horton

They included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks (who studied with Horton shortly before her decision to keep her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955), John Lewis, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Ralph Abernathy, John B. Thompson, and many others.

National City Lines

Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus operated by Montgomery Bus Lines, bus #2857, a subsidiary of a National City Lines on 1 December 1955 which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development was created in honor of Rosa Parks' husband, Raymond Parks (1903 - 1977).

Rosa L. Parks School of Fine and Performing Arts

In 1986, Rosa Parks honored the school family at the opening ceremony by cutting the ribbon.

Rosa Parks v. LaFace Records

Rosa Parks v. LaFace Records, et al. was a lawsuit filed in March 1999 on Rosa Parks' behalf against American hip-hop duo OutKast and LaFace Records, claiming that the group had illegally used Rosa Parks' name without her permission for the song "Rosa Parks", the most successful radio single of OutKast's 1998 album Aquemini.

Susan Jones

In her speech, she compared the ordinary people who campaigned for the Welsh language at times when it had not been fashionable to do so as civil rights activists "in the mould of Mrs Rosa Parks".


Dolores Huerta

That same year, Ladies' Home Journal recognized her as one of the 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century, along with such women leaders as Mother Teresa, Margaret Thatcher, Rosa Parks, and Indira Gandhi.

Louise Meriwether

Meriwether then began writing biographies for children about historically important African Americans, including Robert Smalls, Daniel Hale Williams, and Rosa Parks.

Pascal Obispo

With his 2007 release of Les Fleurs du Bien (a play on Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal) he makes allusions to Rosa Parks, Pablo Picasso and others.

Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center

On February 14, 2006, Nassau County Executive, Thomas Suozzi announced that Hempstead Transit Center would be renamed in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

The Long Walk Home

One of the three GM "old-look" transit buses used in this film was the Montgomery Bus Lines bus #2857, which Rosa Parks had been riding when she refused to give up her seat and was arrested.


see also

Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon

The principal, François Chabot, was replaced by Bruno Bigi, then principal of Rosa Parks High School in Neuville-sur-Saône.

New Seasons Market

Built from the ground up in 2005, Arbor Lodge is located next to the Yellow MAX line at N. Rosa Parks Way and Interstate Avenue.

The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story is a 2002 American television movie written by Paris Qualles and directed by Julie Dash.