Tag: ROSA PARKS

Alabama historical preservationist Jerry Lathan moving, restoring Rosa Parks’ childhood home

The birthplace of civil rights icon Rosa Parks is being restored by Mobile renovator Jerry Lathan.

Happy birthday Alabama! How we got here

By Brandon Moseley Today is the State of Alabama’s birthday. More specifically, Alabama became a state on Dec. 14, 1819. The State...

Sewell calls for Fred Gray to get Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Brandon Moseley Famed Civil Rights Movement Attorney and former State Rep. Fred Gray (D-Montgomery) will soon celebrate his 91st birthday....

Today is Rosa Parks Day

By Brandon Moseley On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, refused to give up her seat in the front of a Montgomery bus...