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When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
The training center, which welcomed Rosa Parks and John Lewis before they became famous, still empowers and inspires marginalized Americans to use their own voices and talents.
As British journalist and author, Reni Eddo-Lodge, writes, the US civil rights movement too often becomes “the story of the struggle against racism”.
It’s great that toy companies are celebrating diverse role models, but children could be taught so much more in their write ups of their stories.
The Australian justice system must do more to acknowledge the colonial system on which it is built, which inherently privileges whiteness.
How far we’ve really come since two very different individuals took a stand against racism 60 years ago.
Rosa Parks was a hero in the fight against segregation … but she was just one of many.
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Professor of American History, University of Sussex
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