Parks, Rosa
Parks, Rosa Links
- Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks Biography and 1995 interview with audio and video.
- TSUM: Rosa Parks Library and Museum Biography, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and photographs.
- Detroit News: Rosa Parks, African Queen Discuss Exchange Program Parks met with Swaziland Queen Sibonelo Mbikiza to discuss a student exchange program between Africa and Park's Pathways to Freedom program.
- Detroit News: Rosa Parks Asks Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Against Rappers Parks accuses the rap group OutKast of misusing her name in a song.
- CNN: Rosa Parks Honored with Congressional Gold Medal Article and video coverage of the event with links.
- Canoe: Rosa Parks Fights for Web Spot Parks wins rights to rosaparks.com from a cybersquatter.
- The Glass Ceiling: Rosa Parks Biography with reading list.
- Grand Times: The Woman Who Changed a Nation Biographical article based on 1996 interview with Parks.
- Cincinnati Enquirer: Rosa Parks Argues vs. Rap Article by Dan Horn about the arguments made before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
- Women.com: Rosa L. Parks Interview and profile of the civil rights leader.
- State News: Parks Recognized for Role in Struggle Michigan, Parks' home state, designates the first Monday after February 4 as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day.
- Press Release: House Passes Carson Bill Legislation introduced by Rep. Julia Carson, D-Ind., to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Rosa Parks passes by a vote of 424 to 1.
- Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott Tells the story of Parks' arrest on the 1st of December, 1955, for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat.
- Senate Bill would Award Rosa Parks Congressional Gold Medal Senate tribute by Senator Carl Levin, Democrat from Michigan.
- Detroit Free Press: Tributes to Rosa Parks Hard to Find in Montgomery An article by Amy Frazier.
- Time 100: Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks Article by Rita Dove honoring Ms. Parks as one of the twenty most influential heroes and icons of the 20th century.
- Lifetime Achievement Award For Rosa Parks Remarks by Federal Transit Administrator Gordon Linton.
- Colored Reflections: The Fifties, Rosa Parks An interactive history site with a brief profile and student tributes.
- Scholastic: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights An online activity for grades 7 and 8 about Parks' arrest, the boycott, nonviolence, and the court ruling, with an interview.
- Detroit Free Press: Klan Road Named for Rosa Parks Missouri lawmakers to name a section of highway for Parks after the Ku Klux Klan adopted it for cleanup.
- Meanderings: Poetic Imagery Inspired by Rosa Parks Poems by Joyce French and a graphic by Joseph Williams.
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