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?

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.

But when Rosa Parks refused to give up a seat on a segregated bus in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, she became a titan in the struggle for racial equality. Parks’ modest looks and quiet demeanor ...

According to a news release Tuesday, each seat will feature a sign reminding passengers of how Parks changed history in Montgomery, Alabama ... and the legacy of Rosa Parks." ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas.The day, December 1, would be in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Laketran and Geauga Transit will honor the life of civil rights icon Rosa Parks this week ... she started the year-long Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott after refusing ...

RTD said Transit Equity Day is observed on Rosa Parks’ birthday and was first celebrated nationally by the U.S. Department of ...

There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every ... WMATA has previously dedicated seats to Parks on buses to celebrate her birthday, but the transit agency added them to trains this year. Parks ...