Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...

The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

Rosa Parks' former home in Detroit has earned a local historic designation. Police are continuing investigation of a shooting on a DDOT bus Tuesday. Weather and other top stories.

Rosa Parks seated toward the front of the bus, Montgomery, Alabama, 1956. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) ...

R osa Parks transformed American history with her quiet defiance. On December 1, 1955, her refusal to give up her bus seat in ...

Her arrest in that incident helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott. After the boycott, Rosa and Raymond Parks moved to Hampton, Virginia, and then settled in Detroit. He died in 1977. She died in ...

Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime home will live on, as well.

Where: Event: 2811 Beatties Ford Road (Rosa Parks Place Community Transit Center). Parking: 2845 Beatties Ford Road (Mecklenburg County Health Department). Visuals & Interviews: Bold, colorful 80-foot ...

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s Parks Adventure Bus is back for its fourth season, offering free roundtrip rides to eight regional parks every Saturday through Aug. 9.