Laws introduced for the federal holiday of Rosa Parks Day

At a press conference at the beginning of this month, reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio and Shomari, D-Ala. Introduced laws for the introduction of Rosa Parks Day for a federal holiday.

On December 1st, the Rosa Parks Day would refer to the arrest of holiday holiday marks from 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. She refused to give up her busius a white passenger. Their arrest triggered the Montgomery -Bus boycott, a crucial moment in the civil rights movement.

“At a time when the black story is attacked, it is particularly important that we recognize bravery and heroism from Changemachers such as Rosa Parks that dared to do justice to this nation,” said Sewell. “The honor of Rosa Parks with a new federal vacation will ensure that your contributions to civil rights movement and American history will never forget.”

While several states have adopted their own holidays who honor parks, no federal holiday recognizes their contribution to the civil rights movement. When the Rosa Parks Day is the first federal holiday to honor a woman.

“Almost 70 years ago, Rosa Parks changed the course of history when she refused to give up her headquarters in a separate bus in Montgomery,” said Beatty. “On this day, she triggered a civil rights revolution and asked our country to meet the principles that we are committed – that we are all created the same.”

Beatty, who campaigned for the first state for Ohio, who recognized on December 1 when Rosa Parks Day recognized as a state legislature during her time, called for the national recognition of the “respected American hero” by a new federal vacation.

In the numbers, a Freshman supported the measure, whose district of Montgomery and Parks' place of birth of Tuskegee. “I am proud to join this legislation, which in their honor refers to a national holiday to ensure that their contributions, which have contributed to igniting the civil rights movement, will never be forgotten,” he said.

“By honoring you with a new federal vacation, we can make sure that what happened in Montgomery and Selma and Birmingham will never be deleted or forgotten, no matter how hard some extremists may try,” said Sewell. “In addition, it will be the first federal holiday to have honored a woman, let alone a black woman.

The invoice was introduced on February 4, which would have been Parks' 112^TH Birthday.

Sewell says that the draft law already has 57 cosponsors in the house.

“We look forward to using this dynamic to bring it through the finish line and we hope that we can do this in a two -party way,” said Sewell. “Her calm, respected courage put the stage for the historic Montgomery -Bus boycott and galvanized a movement that changed the material of this nation.”

This article was reprinted with the permission of Word in black and originally published by The Washington informed.

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