How Rosa Parks' legacy inspired a new fight over who could ride the bus
Decades after her act of defiance, Rosa Parks galvanized a cadre of activists to protest their own conditions and, though the scope of her legacy for them is still coming into focus, it remains just as powerful.
They were fighting for disability access, and, like Parks, they used public transportation as a springboard.
The disability rights movement took shape against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, growing in size with each passing year. By the 1980s, it had made s...
They were fighting for disability access, and, like Parks, they used public transportation as a springboard.
The disability rights movement took shape against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, growing in size with each passing year. By the 1980s, it had made s...