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Rosa Parks and Sally Ride are joining an impressive list of famous females who have been made into Barbies. The two women, who both played profound roles in history, are being added to the brand's ...
From left: Barbie dolls of Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo and Amelia Earhart. Mattel In 1983, Ride boarded the Space Shuttle Challenger for a six-day space mission as a ...
"Rosa Parks was a supporter of the Black Panthers," O'Brien says, referring to the political organization formed in 1966 by Black power revolutionary Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
Rosa Parks, 42, ignited the Civil Rights Movement and the end of segregation in Alabama when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.
An ex-DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” could end up receiving the highest civilian honor in the United States, placing him ...
Every time my birthday would roll around on Feb. 4, I would imagine Rosa Parks — when she was still alive — sitting with those who were close to her and celebrating as I did.
The Trump administration has suggested that Donald Trump could 'consider' giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Edward Coristine, widely known as 'Big Balls', after he was violently assaulted in ...
Rosa Parks collecting NAACP membership dues of $2, likely during a trip to Los Angeles in 1956. Photograph by McLain's Photo Service.
Rosa Parks was the secretary of a local civil rights organization and took Colvin under her wing. Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus in Alabama ...
The Rosa Parks collection includes 140 years of family history and approximately 10,000 items, according to curator Adrienne Cannon. The handwritten letters stand out as the most compelling.