(CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.” Quote of the Day meaning: This quote emphasizes the importance of courage and initiative in ...

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 decades of service, Parks left behind a ...

Rosa Parks is probably one of the best-known women in American History, but many people don't know very much about her. Myths have been crafted that she was an old woman, without the strength to get ...

SOLEDAD: MEEK. TIRED. THE "ACCIDENTAL" MATRIARCH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. FOR DECADES, ROSA PARKS’S LEGACY HAS BEEN AS THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS TO A WHITE MAN. BUT THERE ...