Learn about civil rights activist Rosa Parks's early life, her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her lasting ...

Rosa Parks and her husband standing in front of a car. (Library of Congress) While the photo is legitimate and can be found in the Library of Congress' archives, the car wasn't owned by Raymond Parks.

Rosa Parks and her husband standing in front of a car. (Library of Congress) While the photo is legitimate and can be found in the Library of Congress' archives, the car wasn't owned by Raymond Parks.

In the past few days, news of Rosa Parks' "near-rape" has rippled through the media — in part because of a "newly found" six-page document in her own hand from the late 1950s, revealed by ...