After Parks died in 2005, Metro said it refurbished a bus similar to the one she protested on, with the exterior of the bus ...

We’ve all been taught about Rosa Parks. We’ve seen the picture of her sitting placidly on the bus looking out the window, or maybe the statue of her in the US Capitol, where she is seated ...

Today this seat is reserved to honor Rosa Parks” on one seat in every bus. (Courtesy WMATA) Metro is setting aside one seat on every bus in its 1,500-vehicle fleet to honor Rosa Parks on the ...

Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Her courageous act is now American legend. She is a staple of elementary school curricula and was the second ...

American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by Lieutenant DH Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama, after she was arrested during the Montgomery bus boycott, 22nd February 1956.

Sixty-eight years ago on this day, December 1 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested “for disobeying an Alabama law requiring Black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was ...

“This week marks the 65th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus,” Jost said. “And I just wish that all black people could follow her example of sitting ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Area Transit will honor Rosa Parks on Friday, Dec. 1, by keeping one seat open on every bus. The seat will feature a placard recognizing the contribution Parks made ...

Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the stuff of American legend. Yet “her life history of being rebellious,” as she put it, is much less known, as we have grown comfortable with a ...