The O Street Mansion was added to the African American Heritage Trail and received this plaque in 2019.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protest - O Street Mansion, Rosa Parks' "Home Away from Home."
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Protest - O Street Mansion, Rosa Parks' "Home Away from Home."
Civil Rights Tour: Protest - O Street Mansion, Rosa Parks' "Home Away from Home."
The O Street Mansion was the Washington home-away-from-home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks (1913-2005) during her later years. Already a seasoned organizer, activist, and member of the NAACP, Parks helped spark the Civil Rights Movement in 1955 by…