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 ...

According to WSFA 12, the anniversary celebrations will align with the day honoring Parks, whose actions and detainment helped spark the bus boycott in 1955. On Dec. 2, a ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man. That act of protest and her arrest sparked one of the most famous civil rights actions in ...

Rosa Parks, age 42, was commuting home from her job as a seamstress at the Montgomery Fair department store on Dec. 1, 1955, when she boarded a Montgomery city bus.

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The bus drivers are also keeping their headlights on all day. The buses' electronic header also bears a special message for Parks on her birthday. Parks died in 2005 at 92 years old.

Rosa Parks, black woman whose refusal to relinquish her seat to white man on city bus in Montgomery, Ala, 50 years ago sparked civil rights movement of 1950's and 1960's, dies at age 92; events ...

Rosa Parks Day is celebrated every year on December 1 to honor the Alabama native and civil rights icon. This year, Huntsville Transit will offer free bus rides on fixed routes from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

TriMet will once again waive bus and MAX train fares for an entire day next week in honor of celebrated civil rights leader Rosa Parks. All public transit rides will be free Tuesday, Feb. 4 ...