Rosa Parks wasn’t born a household name, nor was she someone seeking fame. She was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, in a time when segregation was law and inequality was everywhere.

But on that Monday evening in December, Rosa Parks was in no mood to obey ... In Nov. 1956, the highest court in the land outlawed segregation on public transportation. Smith still remembers ...

“Part of my thinking about Rosa Parks is that this was a very ... including discussions on the use of nonviolent resistance to oppose segregation. Parks was not an “accidental activist ...

3. Rosa Parks wasn’t the first—or only—person arrested for disrupting bus segregation. On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on the ...

Segregation happened on buses too ... and we will go farther from now to greater things. Thank you!" Today, Rosa Parks is remembered as an ordinary woman who took a stand to help black people ...

On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her ...

This year's application includes an essay on the following topic: “Segregation was the defining social issue when Rosa Parks took her historic stand. Describe a social issue that you think ...