TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- More than 200 students, residents, ministers and dignitaries linked arms and marched through Tuskegee on Wednesday to pay tribute to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, a native of ...

A working model for the statues of Helen Keller, on the left, and the Rosa Parks, on the right, presented at the Alabama Women's Tribute Statue Commission meeting on Oct. 15, 2024.

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Sewell wants Dec. 1 to become “Rosa Parks Day” to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The legacies of Helen Keller and Rosa Parks will be on display in bronze at the Alabama State Capitol, thanks to the efforts of a state lawmaker. Rep. Laura Hall (D ...

Rosa Parks sits in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal on the city bus system on December 21, 1956© Getty Images ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- About 2,000 children marched arm-in-arm Thursday, singing "We Shall Overcome" as this once-segregated city marked the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her 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 ...