A Congressman from Louisiana complimented Donald Trump and Elon Musk, likening the two figures to civil rights activist Rosa ...

Martin Luther King was ... Alabama, where Rosa Parks was famously arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. After Parks' arrest, King came to national prominence in ...

Dr. King’s life and legacy In 1955, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advocacy began to garner national attention following his leadership in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which occurred after Rosa Parks was ...

The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Plaza in Montgomery Julia Binswanger William "W.R ...

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution.” Speech given at the National ...

Martin Luther ... King’s birthday as a national holiday. Conyers, a former labor attorney, had been elected to Congress in 1964. One of his campaign workers was civil rights icon Rosa Parks ...

On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... attended by Wonder and other artists. Even Rosa ...

A congressman appeared to compare Donald Trump to Rosa Parks as he praised the 47th US president at a luncheon following his ...

Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 until her retirement in 1988. The same year King was assassinated, his widow, Coretta Scott King, established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center ...