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 ...

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 ...

Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal ...