<description>&lt;p&gt;In honor of Black History Month 2024, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas celebrates the memory of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and explains how her courageous actions that helped launch the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1955 placed her front and center at the nexus of the ongoing fight for racial and gender equality.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/UBiOghSrd9c"&gt;Click here for a closed-captioned version of this episode!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Then There's California

State Senators...in Conversation About California!

Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas on the Memory & Legacy of Rosa Parks: "We have to be like Rosa, we have to stand up on these issues..."

FEB 13, 202428 MIN
Then There's California

Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas on the Memory & Legacy of Rosa Parks: "We have to be like Rosa, we have to stand up on these issues..."

FEB 13, 202428 MIN

Description

In honor of Black History Month 2024, Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas celebrates the memory of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and explains how her courageous actions that helped launch the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1955 placed her front and center at the nexus of the ongoing fight for racial and gender equality.

Click here for a closed-captioned version of this episode!