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Rosa Parks-'inspired' bikini sparks social media outrage: 'Actual insanity''
An itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie Rosa Parks-inspired bikini has ignited an internet riot.
2-year-old black girl cuffed by white child for Rosa Parks reenactment at Florida day care
"The look on her face alone, it was horrific," said the parents of the toddler, who they believe is the only black child in her daycare.
Kerry Washington recreates Rosa Parks mugshot
"It was Rosa Park’s act of civil disobedience on that bus that sparked a revolution," Washington wrote. "She took that seat in order to take a stand."
Houston bus company blasted for 'virtue signaling' tribute to Rosa Parks
Houston's main transportation authority has been slammed on social media for its "performative" tribute to Rosa Parks.
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Rosa Parks' home displayed in Italy as US race tensions rise
NAPLES, Italy — The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where US civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy in a...
Rosa Parks statue unveiled on anniversary of her bus arrest
A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was unveiled in Montgomery, Ala., marking exactly 64 years since she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on...
'Inspirational' Barbies will probably just be tortured by little girls
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks and astronaut Sally Ride are now available as Barbie Dolls. They accompany Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart and Katherine Johnson in Mattel’s “inspiring women” collection. Each...
Rosa Parks and Sally Ride will be made into Barbie dolls
Mattel is giving some of our favorite "sheroes" the Barbie treatment. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks and astronaut Sally Ride have inspired two new dolls, the toy company announced. They're...
Rosa Parks TV movie dispels myth around landmark boycott
History tells us that Rosa Parks (1913-2005) refused to relinquish her bus seat to a white man in the segregated Alabama of 1955 because she was tired after a long...
Even before the bus, Rosa Parks had a history of heroism
In the documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” about a brutal 1944 crime and its aftermath, a surprising name emerges: Rosa Parks. “The mythology around her was that she was...
Rosa Parks' niece: United passenger is no civil rights icon
The niece of Rosa Parks is fuming after a lawyer for the Kentucky man dragged off a United Airlines flight brought up how someone suggested the man is an “Asian”...
Rosa Parks' Detroit home is now in Berlin
BERLIN — Behind a metal gate in Berlin, in a small courtyard nestled between a residential building and a car park, stands a piece of American history. The Detroit home...
Late sports owner quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent for 10 years
Mike Ilitch, the former Detroit Tigers and Red Wings owner who died last week, quietly paid the rent for civil rights icon Rosa Parks during her later years. Ilitch was...
Auction house sues Rosa Parks' ex-lawyer over her $10M estate
A New York auction house is suing Rosa Parks’ former lawyer, saying he screwed up the sale of her estimated $10 million estate, costing it nearly a million bucks in...
Legal battle leaves Rosa Parks memorabilia locked in warehouse after 50 years
At a time when interest in civil rights memorabilia is rekindled, a lifetime's worth of Rosa Parks' belongings — among them her Presidential Medal of Freedom — sits in a...