CityLink Honoring Rosa Parks on Feb. 4 and Celebrating Black History Month with Bus Signage

CityLink is continuing its tradition of honoring Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks on February 4,
2025, by reserving a seat in her honor on each fixed-route bus on her birthday.

Parks famously refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated transit bus
in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, which became one of the most infamous
symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Parks passed away at the age of 92 in Detroit,
Michigan on October 24, 2005.

“CityLink is pleased to continue the tradition of honoring Rosa Parks on what would have been
her 113th birthday. The actions she took on a public transportation bus back in 1955 had a
lasting impact on the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Her legacy is important for us to
continue celebrating today,” said CityLink General Manager, Kofi Kisseh.

In addition to the seat reserved in Parks’ honor on fixed-route buses, several CityLink buses
feature Black History Month exterior signage. Continuing this year, we are sharing trivia on
various influential African Americans. These trivia facts are being shared on the monitors in
the Transit Center, as well as in a social media series on Facebook.

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