In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Had she lived a few more weeks, Rosa Parks could have seen the federal building near her home in Detroit renamed today to mark the 50th anniversary of her refusal to surrender a bus seat to a ...

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 ...

Object Details Author Theoharis, Jeanne Subject Parks, Rosa 1913-2005 Contents National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- "A life history of being rebellious" : the early years of ...

Bayway, Bay County's public transit service, announced it plans to offer free rides on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday.

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