By Malaika Jabali· Updated December 1, 2022
Rosa Parks is one of the Holy Trinity Black leaders widely celebrated during Black History Month (arguably her, Martin Luther King Jr., and Harriet Tubman). We think we all know their stories. Even though public schools select a few “safe” Black folks for us to learn about, we rarely get the details.
On this day, December 1, in 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to
