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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a Yogi: ‘She was often taking care of herself’
The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet ...
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Fred Gray represented MLK and Rosa Parks. Now he's calling for a new civil rights movement
Gray recalled the last time he spoke to longtime friend U.S. Rep. John Lewis about a week before Lewis' death. Lewis was ...
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The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National ...
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Today In Hip Hop History: Outkast Released “Rosa Parks” From Their “Aquemini’ Album 27 Years Ago
Outkast Released "Rosa Parks" From Their "Aquemini' Album 27 Years Ago Outkast Released "Rosa Parks" 27 Years Ago ...
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Montgomery Jail holds tightly to civil rights artifacts, including Rosa Parks’ mug shot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery County is the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement where, even behind bars, history has been made. The original mugshots of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr ...
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Deadline is March 6 for Rosa Parks scholars to apply for Detroit News internships
awards the scholarships to seniors who share the values of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who sparked the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and spent her final years in Detroit. The foundation ...