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December 1, 2006

Rosa Parks march set for this afternoon

PROVIDENCE -- A group will mark the 51st anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks by marching through Providence this afternoon.

The Rosa Parks Human Rights Day Committee plans to meet at 2:30 p.m. on Broad Street across from the Crossroads building. The group is scheduled to begin marching at 3:30 p.m. down Prairie Avenue to the South Side Boys and Girls Club at the corner of Oxford Street.

Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec. 1 1956 for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 11:53 AM | Permalink

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