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 ...

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 · 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 ...

1 day ago · A federal holiday in commemoration of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has been proposed by congresswoman Terri Sewell, of Alabama's 7th District. The representative brought forward the bill to ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec. 1 a new federal holiday. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reintroduced their legislation on what would have been Parks’ 112 th birthday. “I can think of no greater way to honor her sacrifice, her dedication, her commitment to the furtherance of …

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 …

Dec 1, 2023 · Members of the Congressional Black Caucus marked the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest by urging Congress to support a bill that would declare December 1, “Rosa Parks Day,” a federal...

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.

Nov 29, 2023 · On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott and galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement. There is currently no federal holiday honoring a woman or a Black woman. Bill text is available here.