For Anaka Armstrong, the name Rosa Parks is synonymous with resilience. "I feel like she's symbolic of resilience and hard work paying off," the 18-year-old from Caledonia said.

Rosa Parks, who was already active in the Civil Rights Movement, became known for her refusal to follow the Jim Crow-era laws in Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, she refused to give up her seat ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime home will live on, as well.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Flat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021, but has never been designated as a local historic district. The house was built in 1917.

Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025 A proposal is pending for the former Detroit home of Civil Rights Movement activists Rosa and Raymond Parks to be named a local historic district.

The Rosa Parks Collection of 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs are available to researchers at the Library of Congress on Feb. 4 and a portion will be open to the public on March 2.

Thank you, Rosa, for being a true role model, because your efforts made way for positive change in this society. Thank you, Google for remembering her. Some behaviors are worth honoring.

On December 1, 1955, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Now 64 years to the date, the Milwaukee Country Transit System honors the Presidential Medal ...

Following the death of Michael “Mike” Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars Pizza, several of his acts of kindness have been revealed, including the generosity towards iconic civil rights ...

For example, the legacy of yoga continued in the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute (for Self-Development), which was established in 1987 in Detroit,” Evans said in her email.