Some people thought one of the featured faces looked like Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.

Some people thought one of the featured faces looked like Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.

The Rosa Parks Federal Building was named for the groundbreaking activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 led to a bus boycott and fueled the modern Civil ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks.

Laketran and Geauga Transit, in partnership with the NAACP of Lake County, have continued recognizing the life and legacy of Rosa Parks — the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus ...

Parks’ activism was a seminal moment during the civil rights era and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the national debut of Martin Luther King. Sewell presented the bill Tuesday on what ...

When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama arrested her. While she wasn’t the first person to use a bus ...

TheRide, a transportation service in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area, honored Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each of its buses on Transit Equity Day on Feb. 4, 2025.

Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist's legacy of advocating for racial equality and change.

TriMet, c-Tran and Portland Streetcar are offering free rides on the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, marking the fifth year of honoring her legacy.

Parks, who was already involved in efforts to end segregation, became a pioneer for Civil Rights when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus in 1955. The act of ...

Parks, who was Black, famously refused to give up her seat to a white person on an Alabama bus in 1955, resulting in her arrest and then the boycott. It eventually led to the desegregation of ...