Rosa Parks honored with tribute on METRO Houston buses, with yellow seat on public transportation reads “Rosa Parks”
The METRO Houston (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County) has put commemorative seat covers showing Rosa Park’s name at the front of buses and trains.
The seats honor the civil rights leader’s legacy with a bright yellow cover that reads, “Dedicated to the Memory of Rosa Parks,” according to KHOU 11.
METRO’s homage began on Feb 4., Transit Equity Day, “a collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change,” as per the Labor Network for Sustainability.
Parks was an activist before her famed arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955. The activist was a long-time member of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which she joined in 1943. At the time of her arrest, Parks was a secretary of the local NAACP chapter and continued activism throughout her life.
According to METRO, the initiative started after a customer saw a similar tribute of Parks on a San Antonio VIA bus. They asked if the Transit Authority would consider honoring Parks in the same way.
“We honor her act of defiance and demand to be treated with dignity which changed the course of history in the fight for civil rights. The commemorative seat being installed at the front of our vehicles is symbolic… It’s a symbol of courage, equity, and justice,” METRO said, according to a tweet.
Although the effort is appreciated, it has also sparked viral and heated conversations on social media, per the Houston Chronicle. Many people are honoring Parks in celebration of Black History Month while also discussing the continued systemic issues at length today.
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