Chavez Boulevard. Rosa Parks Way used to be Portland Boulevard before the City Council changed the name to honor the memory of the civil rights activist who had died less than a year earlier.

We’ve all been taught about Rosa Parks. We’ve seen the picture of her sitting placidly on the bus looking out the window, or maybe the statue of her in the US Capitol, where she is seated ...

Rosa Parks Guest host Frank Stasio talks to Weekend Edition commentator and historian Douglas Brinkley about the life of Rosa Parks. Little else is known about her life, apart from the historic ...