In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery ... attention Parks had received. In the end, she decided her only choice was ...

February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks ... to end segregation, became a pioneer for Civil Rights when ...

The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa ... bus system, a pivotal event in the modern Civil Rights Movement. The way Parks took ...

When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama arrested her. While she wasn't the first person to use a bus ...

Montgomery and Huntsville will honor the anniversary of bus boycott with museum tours and free bus rides on Rosa Parks Day. The Alabama cities of Montgomery and Huntsville are preparing to honor ...

That began to change on Dec. 1, 1955 — 70 years ago next December — when one woman on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus decided she had had enough of segregation and Jim Crow laws. Rosa Parks ...

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus to ride home from her job at a Montgomery, Alabama department store. As directed by city ordinance at that time, Parks, who was African American ...

The signs show an image of Parks, with the caption "Today, this seat is reserved in honor of Rosa Parks," according to a statement. Parks, who was already involved in efforts to end segregation ...