Richmond buses set aside a seat for Rosa Parks

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Source: The Daily Press (Newport News VA)

RICHMOND, Va. - Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is being honored by Richmond's public transit authority.

Wednesday, the first seat of each GRTC Transit System bus was set aside as a tribute to the woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

As part of Black History Month, each bus will also display a sign to honor Parks, who died in 2005.

Parks was arrested after she refused to give up her seat, which led to a bus boycott. The boycott ended with a Supreme Court ruling that declared illegal segregation on public transportation.


Read more: http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--rosaparks0220feb20,0,6274390.story

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Richmond paper
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-02-20-0205.html

[babylonsister]

1. That is so wonderful! I wish they had done this when she was alive. nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Well done!

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3. Ahhh, the 'activist' judges.