GSA: Rosa Parks' Name to Grace Larger Federal Building in Detroit
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news on May 16, 2024:
When most people hear the name Rosa Parks, they think of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1950s Alabama, where Parks was a spark in the early days of the civil rights movement.
But after her pivotal role in Montgomery, Parks moved to Detroit to continue her equity work, where she lived near family until 1988.
Parks participated in the March on Washington (1963) . . .
When most people hear the name Rosa Parks, they think of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1950s Alabama, where Parks was a spark in the early days of the civil rights movement.
But after her pivotal role in Montgomery, Parks moved to Detroit to continue her equity work, where she lived near family until 1988.
Parks participated in the March on Washington (1963) . . .