On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong boycott of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:06 p.m. will mark exactly 70 years to the minute that Rosa Parks made the historic decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her quiet ...

In February 1957, the Alabama Court of Appeals upheld her 1955 bus arrest conviction for violating segregation rules that ...

ASHLAND, Ky. (WOWK) — Ashland is celebrating Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement who took a stand by keeping her seat. 70 years ago, Rosa Parks stood against discrimination by refusing ...

It's been 70 years since Rosa Parks made the brave decision to stay seated onboard a Montgomery bus. Parks' refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the end of bus segregation and ...

Seventy years after Rosa Parks’ iconic bus protest, historians highlight Sarah Keys’ earlier legal victory against ...

Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller were unveiled at the Alabama State Capitol on Friday, making them the first Alabama women to be honored there.

Detroit's City Council has officially recognized the former longtime flat of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and her husband, Raymond, as a local historic district, which now heads to Mayor Mike ...

The statue will also become the first monument of a woman on the Alabama State Capitol lawn. The legacy of Rosa Parks will be forever remembered with a statue in the Alabama State Capitol in ...

A Detroit City Council committee took a step on Thursday toward officially recognizing the former longtime flat of civil rights icon Rosa Parks and her husband, Raymond, as a local historic district, ...