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.

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005); Black History Month; Civil Rights; justice and equality. Summary: On 1 December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, contravening ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born ... to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala., to a white man. Here are some facts about Parks and the movement: 1. Parks wasn't the first.

Although the first celebration of Black History Month ... Here are seven facts I didn’t know, and you might not, either. Everyone knows the story of Rosa Parks and her brave stand — or ...

In the segregated South, African Americans were denied equality in the workplace, a chance for a decent education and the right to visit restaurants and use restrooms that white people also used.

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

She will forever exemplify civil disobedience and defiance—especially to Black women—for refusing to give up her seat to standing white passengers ... autobiography, Rosa Parks: My Story, ...

Rosa Parks' refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger led to her arrest and triggered a wave of protests in Montgomery and communities throughout the South. As a result, Black ...

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

On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, ...