Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 60 years ago today. — -- Dec. 1, 1955, was the day Rosa Parks became an icon for change. That was when the “Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights ...

LANCASTER — Shortly after the new year began, Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill making Feb. 4 a day to set aside in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Massachusetts. The bill’s initiator, local ...

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 ...

Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist’s legacy of advocating for racial equality and change. Lawmakers filed a bill ...

The Maryland Transit Administration will celebrate civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks’ birthday and Transit Equity Day with free rides on Sunday. Transit Equity Day is observed each year across the ...

Rosa Parks' powerful quote, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in," transcends physical exhaustion to represent a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For Rosa Parks Day each year, Knoxville Area Transit reserves a seat on each bus for the Civil Rights icon. The seats have flyers explaining the importance of Parks’ actions.

YEAH. WELL, TODAY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE HONORING THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS. IT’S THE 25TH ANNUAL ROSA PARKS DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY IN HONOR OF THE WOMAN ...

HOWELL — Livingston County organizations and municipalities committed to improving public transportation will be recognized at a yearly event. The third annual Livingston County Rosa Parks Transit ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Huntsville Transit will honor the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks by offering free rides on Monday. City officials said for the seventh year, there will be free rides ...

A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is honoring her pivotal act of defiance that ignited the ...