Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

The first seat on every bus will be reserved in honor of Rosa Parks and her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, from ...

In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

Rosa Parks gave the US civil rights movement a huge boost and inspired Martin Luther King Jr.

When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...

BRITE Bus and the Afton Express will provide free rides Tuesday in honor of Transit Equity Day recognizing civil rights icon ...

TriMet, c-Tran and Portland Streetcar are offering free rides on the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, marking the ...

The driver noticed there were some white ... National City Lines bus No. 2857 on which Rosa Parks rode that day is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. WikiMedia Commons ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a ...

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus to ride ... which were reserved for white people, filled up. Parks refused when the bus driver told her to give up her seat that day.