When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

The driver noticed there were some white ... National City Lines bus No. 2857 on which Rosa Parks rode that day is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. WikiMedia Commons ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

The first seat on every bus will be reserved in honor of Rosa Parks and her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, from ...

Black people had to board the bus through the front door to pay the driver, but then had to get off again and walk to the rear of the vehicle before getting back on. Rosa Parks, left, and Martin ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month ... keen tosee what would happen next. The bus driver left his seat. But still I didn't budge. Somehow, I'd made up my mind. The white people in ...