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Lextran To Honor Rosa Parks Birthday With Empty Seat This Week

Posted at 5:12 PM, Feb 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-03 17:12:12-05

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) – This week Lextran is commemorating the birthday of iconic civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

Lextran will reserve one seat on each bus in honor of Parks.

The seats will feature a poster with a picture of Parks as well as a QR code courtesy of the Lexington Public Library which will direct riders to books about Parks.

The poster will also include a brief explanation of why they’re doing this.

The honorary seats will be reserved each day until Friday.

February 4th was Rosa Parks birthday.