Rosa Parks, 42, ignited the Civil Rights Movement and the end of segregation in Alabama when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.

Tuesday marks 60 years since Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest on December 1, 1955 sparked the 381-day Montgomery ...

Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala., in December 1955. But Parks' civil rights protest did have a precedent ...

The front-most seat of the bus was draped in black, a picture of Parks reserving her spot. "Even though it's not the original, I think it's got a lot to say about history," said MATS assistant ...

Claudette Colvin was 15 years old when she was arrested in Montgomery, Ala., and placed on indefinite probation, after refusing to vacate her seat on a bus so a young White woman could sit down ...

Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956, two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955.

A trolley passes the site where civil rights icon Rosa Parks was arrested December 1, 1955, for not giving up her bus seat to a white man October 28, 2005, in Montgomery, Alabama.

MILWAUKEE – It was Dec. 1, 1955 when Rosa Parks courageously refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, setting in motion a Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation on public ...

Parks, who was already involved in efforts to end segregation, became a pioneer for Civil Rights when she refused to give up ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will celebrate Rosa Parks Day on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, by reserving a seat for the civil rights icon on each of its buses.

Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955, for refusing to move out of a seat reserved for white passengers. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.