4 days ago · Washington, D.C. — Today, on Rosa Parks’ 112 th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell (AL-07), Joyce M. Beatty (OH-03), and Shomari C. Figures (AL-02) introduced the Rosa Parks Day Act. The bill would designate December 1 st as a federal holiday commemorating the historic arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama.. Watch it on YouTube here.

3 days ago · Honoring Rosa Parks with a new federal holiday will ensure that her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and to American history are never forgotten.” “The resilience and bravery demonstrated by Rosa Parks when refusing to give up her seat was an integral moment in history that should be nationally commemorated,” said Congressman ...

2 days ago · The bill would designate December 1 as a federal holiday commemorating the historic arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama. “At a time when Black history is under attack, it is especially important that we recognize the bravery and heroism of changemakers like Rosa Parks who dared this nation to live up to its highest ideals,” said ...

4 days ago · All Info for H.R.964 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to establish Rosa Parks Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes.

2 days ago · WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, and Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, introduced the Rosa Park Day Act to make Dec. 1 a national federal holiday honoring Parks’ legacy. Tuesday marked Parks’ 112th birthday. She was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery. Her arrest led ...

3 days ago · Historically, bills establishing federal holidays have been difficult to get passed. In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal holiday in the U.S., and it was the first to be approved since Martin Luther King Junior Day in 1983, almost …

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 5, to announce introduction of a bill that would designate ...

5 days ago · H.R. 964: To amend section 6103 of title 5, United States Code, to establish Rosa Parks Day as a Federal holiday, and for other purposes. Track H.R. 964 Call or Write Congress Add to List React to this bill with an emoji

3 days ago · FILE - Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955.

Jan 12, 2023 · — Today, U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (AL-07), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Steven Horsford (NV-04) led 30 of their House colleagues in introducing the Rosa Parks Day Act to designate December 1st as a federal holiday commemorating the arrest of Rosa Parks.