Revealing Sex Crimes Against Black Women
Tags: WOMEN political activists -- United States; PARKS, Rosa, 1913-2005; AFRICAN American women -- Abuse of; VIOLENCE against women; RAPE -- United States
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- Rosa Parks lauded on her 77th birthday at Kennedy Center gala. Haywood, R.L.; Sorrell, M. // Jet;3/5/90, Vol. 77 Issue 21, p22
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- Sculpture of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks unveiled. // Jet;3/18/91, Vol. 79 Issue 22, p8
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- Rosa Parks files suit for copy of her book autographed by Dr. King. // Jet;6/14/93, Vol. 84 Issue 7, p6
Reveals that Rosa Parks, honored recently for pioneering efforts in the civil rights movement, is suing two Atlanta men for her autographed copy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s book `Strength To Love.' Claims made by Parks; Her part in the civil rights movement; Perry Spell and William...
