Next to articles describing the arrest of Rosa Parks, he wrote “#2857" and “Blake/#2857.” James Blake was the bus driver who had Rosa Parks arrested. The son and wife of Mr. Cummings ...

The bus driver wanted Rosa to give her seat to a ... we will go farther from now to greater things. Thank you!" Today, Rosa Parks is remembered as an ordinary woman who took a stand to help ...

4. Rosa Parks had a previous run-in with bus driver James F. Blake. In 1943, Parks got onto a bus James F. Blake was driving and paid her fare at the front. As she began walking down the aisle of ...

Economic boycotts have long been a tool of resistance. At the turn of the 19th century, the English boycotted sugar produced by enslaved people, dropping demand and opening the market for Indian sugar ...

On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her ...

Have a driver’s license Have access to reliable transportation Acquire adequate housing for the summer The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation, founded in 1980 by The Detroit News and the Detroit ...