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 ...

LANCASTER — The first Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts was celebrated Tuesday evening at the Bulfinch Meetinghouse, providing a dose of comfort during a time of great political turmoil that centers on ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of Black History month, Massachusetts has become the ninth state to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks with a day in her honor. Governor Maura Healey earlier this month designated Feb. 4 as ...

FITCHBURG ― The Rev. Wil Darcangelo says he didn’t enter the state’s legislative process to change the world, but he’s excited to see whether his efforts inspire others to recognize their personal ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday officially designated Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts, on what would have been the civil rights leader’s 112th birthday. Legislators in early ...

The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for everyone in the Denver metro area on Tuesday in remembrance of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks refused ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- People are honoring Rosa Parks' legacy and pushing for accessible public transportation nationwide on Transit Equity Day. In La Crosse, local leaders are marking the day with free ...

Affectionately known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,” Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913. She will forever exemplify civil disobedience and defiance—especially to Black ...