Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Rosa Parks

The New York Times  Obituaries  Image  Rosa Parks Dies at 92.jpgMontgomery Advertiser, via Associated Press. Rosa Parks riding a Montgomery, Ala., bus in December 1956, after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation on buses.

The Detroit News has a special report with many articles about Rosa Parks. After leaving Alabama, Mrs. Parks moved to Detroit, where she later worked for Congressman John Conyers.

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