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.

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 ...

Parks (center) rides on a newly integrated bus following the 1956 Supreme Court ruling that led to the successful end of the 381-day boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation, founded in 1980 by The Detroit News and the Detroit public school system, awards the scholarships to seniors who share the values of civil rights activist ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another statue commemorates Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, spurring the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by King and ...

Parks, born on Feb. 4, 1913, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama on Dec. 1, 1955, inspiring the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott.

There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every Metrobus and Metrorail train today. February 4 is the birthday of the civil rights legend, who died in 2005. WMATA has previously dedicated seats to ...