The annual event commemorates the date (Dec. 1, 1955) when the civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. The actions of Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus ...

British social activist Annie Besant wrote the book ... Correction: An earlier version of this story had the wrong date for ...

5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks Largely recognized for her leading role in the bus boycott of 1955, Rosa Parks was an enduring activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout her numerous ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the ...

The Rosa Parks Committee raised $15,000 to bring her ... Her dedication as a civil rights activist is also highlighted every March, during Women's History Month. The Rev. Robert Trimble was ...

The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Plaza in Montgomery Julia Binswanger William "W.R ...

The first clip is written as a biography of activist Rosa Parks and the second clip is written as if it were an autobiography. Can you spot the differences? We use buses every day to go to school ...

The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet ...