October 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ death. She was 92 when she died in her Detroit home in 2005. WDET’s Jerome Vaughn covered the story at the time and WDET aired that story this ...

107 years ago, on this day, American activist Rosa Parks was born. Her pivotal role in the civil rights movement changed the history of this country, and her legacy lives on proudly today. And Parks’ ...

Many of us know that Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks refused to give up a seat on a municipal bus in Montgomery, Alabama – an incident that resulted in her arrest and sparked a year-long boycott of the ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the ...

When Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 for refusing to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, she was not acting alone. She was part of a long tradition of civil rights activism and ...

Tuesday marks 60 years since Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest on December 1, 1955 sparked the 381-day Montgomery bus ...

DETROIT -- There's something Sheila McCauley Keys wants you to know about her auntie, Rosa Parks. "We want people to know the woman behind the iconic figure," Keys says, in a conversation from her ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)— Monday morning, hundreds of women and community members joined together for the 17 th Annual Rosa Parks Women of Courage Breakfast. Each year to kick off Women’s History Month, ...

The deadline is approaching for graduating high school seniors to apply for the 2025 Rosa Parks Scholarship to help with their first year of college expenses. The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation, ...

“The ice rink at Rosa Parks Circle is a good way for all ages and abilities to get outside and enjoy a classic winter ...