On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa ... a bus in segregated Alabama. Her courageous act sparked the Alabama Bus Boycott, which in turn, launched the modern civil rights movement. Parks ...

Take a look back at the history of the civil rights pioneer and her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Iconic civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala., ...

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

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks ... 1955, Parks famously refused to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately ...

Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...

Montgomery desegregated its city buses the next day. The boycott lasted 382 days. National City Lines bus No. 2857 on which Rosa Parks rode that day is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in ...

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa ... a massive bus boycott that impacted public transit and advanced the Civil Rights movement. After Parks died ...

There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ... Rosa didn't fight alone, people organised a bus boycott, which meant they stopped using buses for a year.

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

which would give black people access to better facilities Her actions led onto the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Some people, such as Rosa Parks, lost their job for supporting the boycott.