Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond lived in the Detroit flat from 1961 until 1988. The flat's owner sought the historic ...

The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

A proposal is pending for the former Detroit home of Civil Rights Movement activists Rosa and Raymond Parks to be named a local historic district.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Flat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021, but has never been designated as a local historic district. The house was built in 1917.

Rosa Parks is an inspiration, and our goal is to be able to use this project to raise awareness for the Rosa and Raymond Park Institute for Self Development," Kessler said. "Ms.

She married Raymond Parks, an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in 1932. Rosa herself served as a secretary and youth leader for the ...