The annual event commemorates the date (Dec. 1, 1955) when the civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. The actions of Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus ...

Rosa Parks wasn’t born a household name ... Rosa didn’t see herself as an activist at first. She was a woman trying to live her life as best as she could, in the face of systemic injustice.

British social activist Annie Besant wrote the book ... Correction: An earlier version of this story had the wrong date for the Rosa Parks’ Library of Congress image. It was taken in March ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the ...

Activist and professor Jo Ann Robinson immediately ... Victory ride” in a display with replicas of passengers at the Rosa Parks Museum. “It looked funny all these buses running all over ...

By Kaylee Alvarez On Saturday, March 8, the “Unite and Resist” women’s march will be taking place at Rosa Parks Circle.  Organizers Lauren Ann Coman, Cheryl Miller and Samantha Lint will be working ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story ...

The Trump administration announced that two dozen federal properties in Michigan, including the Rosa Parks Federal Building, could be sold. The GSA claims that selling these properties could save ...

awards the scholarships to seniors who share the values of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who sparked the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and spent her final years in Detroit. The foundation ...

The Trump administration said Tuesday that about two dozen federal properties in Michigan are on a list of "non-core" assets, including the Rosa Parks Federal Building near downtown Detroit, which ...