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Miami-Dade Transit to Dedicate Bus Operations Building in Memory of Rosa Parks |
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Rosa Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey a bus driver’s demand that she give up her seat to a white passenger. Her subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in history. Her role in American history earned her an iconic status in American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements around the world. “We are deeply honored and proud to posthumously dedicate one of our transit facilities in memory of Rosa Parks”, said Miami-Dade Transit Director, Roosevelt Bradley. “She understood the role of every individual citizen in a democracy”, he added. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution approving the naming of the transit facility in her honor. Miami-Dade Transit honored Ms. Parks this past December by designating one seat aboard each Metrobus in her memory. Rosa Parks passed last October.
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| Who: | High-Ranking elected officials, Transit officials and Metrobus employees. | ||
| What: | Re-naming of bus operations building in honor of Rosa Parks. | ||
| When: | July 17, 2006, 10:00 a.m. | ||
| Where: | Metrobus Operations Building, 3300 NW 32 Avenue | ||