SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – SporTran is reserving seats for Rosa Parks on all its buses to mark the 70th anniversary of her refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala.
Parks sat on a bus seat in Montgomery on Dec. 1, 1955, a pivotal point in the Civil Rights Movement. At the same time, Shreveport’s MLK neighborhood formed its neighborhood association.
SporTran partnered with the MLK Neighborhood Association to celebrate both anniversaries together. The transit authority and the neighborhood association are being honored for their contributions to the city…