In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful ...

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

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 pursuit of justice. "I'm a ...

It's a gut-wrenching scene, and writers Chris Chibnall and Malorie Blackman should be lauded for not going the obvious route ...

There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ... Rosa didn't fight alone, people organised a bus boycott, which meant they stopped using buses for a year.

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 ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story ...

bus boycott during the Civil Rights Movement began ... Black Americans refused to ride local busses to protest segregation and Rosa Parks’ arrest. The boycott only ended when the Supreme Court ...

A consumer-activist group founded by John Schwarz has launched a grassroots campaign to halt all consumer spending on Friday, ...

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. Credit: Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. At a press ...

We cannot and must not retreat to “fortress America” and with the illusion that we are safe between two oceans, nor can we ...

which would give black people access to better facilities Her actions led onto the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Some people, such as Rosa Parks, lost their job for supporting the boycott.