Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

The Day of Pilgrimage protest, part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, began with black Montgomery citizens walking to work in 1956 in the wake of the Rosa Parks incident. Martin Luther King Jr. (C ...

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday, a moment to honor her unwavering fight for civil rights. Often recognized as part of the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Black ...

It was a huge success for the civil rights movement, showing that non-violent protest, against all odds, could work. After 1956, Rosa Parks could sit wherever she wanted on the bus Image ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday officially designated Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts, on what would have been the ...

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. Summary: On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, contravening ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to move to the back of a bus to accommodate a white passenger Today we celebrate the life of Rosa Parks. The late ...

OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - From a statue in the U.S. Capitol to reserved seats on public transit, Sacramento historian Michael Harris works tirelessly to honor Rosa Parks.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Laketran and Geauga Transit will honor the life of civil rights icon Rosa Parks this week by reserving the front seat on their buses. From Feb. 3 through Feb. 8 ...

During the recent Champions of Diversity ceremony, Shannon Williams received the Rosa Parks Trailblazer Award for her tireless work and exceptional leadership in promoting diversity in Central ...

Themes: Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. The video clip is a dramatisation of Rosa Parks' bus journey on 1 December 1955 in the town of Montgomery ...