Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 60 years ago today. — -- Dec. 1, 1955, was the day Rosa Parks became an icon for change. That was when the “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights ...

Object Details Author Theoharis, Jeanne Subject Parks, Rosa 1913-2005 Contents National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- "A life history of being rebellious" : the early years of ...

Olmsted Parks is TARC's Design-a-Bus partner for 2025. “Public transit is intertwined with the history of the civil rights movement,” said TARC Executive Director Ozzy Gibson.