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Troy University opens Children's Wing of Rosa Parks Library and Museum
February 17, 2006
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| Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, praised Troy University on Friday for helping to keep the stories, events and people of the American civil rights movement alive for future generations. Dr. Wheelan spoke during the opening ceremony for the University’s Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s new Children’s Wing held Friday morning at the Davis Theatre. |
Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, speaks during the opening ceremonies of the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s new Children’s Wing on Friday morning. Dr. Wheelan is flanked by the members of the stage party, from left, Dr. Cameron Martindale, senior vice chancellor of advancement and external relations for Troy University; Troy University Trustee Lamar P. Higgins; Gov. Bob Riley; Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr.; the Rev. Joseph Rembert, Sr., pastor of St. Paul AME Church; Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright; Montgomery Improvement Association President Mrs. Johnnie Carr; and, Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carlinda Purcell. |
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| Mrs. Johnnie Carr, president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, tells the audience gathered for the opening of the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing that Parks would be proud of the new wing because of her interest in educating young people. Mrs. Carr was one of several special guests that helped the University open the new wing on Friday morning |
Gov. Bob Riley speaks during the opening ceremonies for the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing on Friday morning at the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus. Gov. Riley said the opening of the new wing was just one of many examples of the progress Alabama has made in race relations in the 50 years since Mrs. Parks defied laws mandating segregation of public transportation, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. |
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| Alabama Congressman Artur Davis speaks during the opening ceremonies of the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing on Friday morning. The ceremony was held in the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus. |
Speaking during the opening ceremonies of the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing on Friday, University Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. said the new wing and the existing museum are dedicated to the core mission of the University, which is education. |
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| Children and adults wait in line to tour the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s new Children’s Wing. The new wing opened on Friday with a special ceremony held at the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus. |
Montgomery and Macon county school buses line up outside the Children’s Wing of the Rosa Parks Library and Museum at Troy University on Friday to tour the new facility. Opening ceremonies for the Children’s Wing were held Friday morning at the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus. Area school children and adults alike took advantage of the day’s special free admission to tour the new facility. |
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| Members of Rosa Parks’ family attend the opening ceremonies for the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing on Friday at the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus |
Troy University officials and special guests cut the ribbon to officially open the Rosa Parks Library and Museum’s Children’s Wing during ceremonies on Friday at the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts on the University’s Montgomery Campus. |
