Parks, whose birthday was Sunday, is most famous for her part in the Civil Rights movement in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white rider in defiance of racial ...

A Florida day care is under fire after a 2-year-old black girl was photographed being handcuffed and fingerprinted by a white child pretending to be a cop as part of a Rosa Parks reenactment.

The 2023 argument on a bus was compared to Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955, the lawsuit said.

After refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, Parks was arrested and placed in custody. She was released on bail later that evening. Some even ...

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

To coincide with Parks' trial on Dec. 5, 1955, the Black women's group the Women's Political Councilinitiated a one-day, citywide bus boycott that was extended through a vote at Holt Street ...

Before Rosa Parks, there was a veteran riding on a bus through Durham who took a stand against racist Jim Crow laws – but he did not survive his action. Private First-Class Booker T. Spicely, a ...