“Her brave and bold actions helped launch a movement for progress and equality, and her story must continue to be told as part of our nation’s history. Steven Horsford, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. “Rosa Parks is an icon in the story of civil rights and justice for Black Americans,” said Rep. Sewell was an original co-sponsor of the Rosa Parks Day Act in the 117th Congress and is now leading the introduction of the bill in the 118th Congress.
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. 308, the Rosa Parks Day Act, to designate December 1st as a federal holiday honoring Rosa Parks.
Reps. Steven Horsford (NV-04), Terri Sewell (AL-07), and Joyce Beatty (OH-03) led 30 of their House colleagues in introducing H.R.
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