Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - SporTran is reserving seats for Rosa Parks on all its buses to mark the 70th anniversary of her refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala. Parks sat on a bus seat in ...

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty and other central Ohio community leaders commemorated the 20-year anniversary of Ohio becoming the first state to have a day to memorialize Rosa Parks, the late Civil Rights ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her ...

The event falls during Black History Month, which is also the birth month of Rosa Parks.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Feb. 4 marks the 113th birthday of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks. Wednesday is also Rosa Parks Day, and public transportation services in D.C. and Maryland are ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) honored the legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks on Wednesday by showcasing a tribute bus. (Capital Area Transportation ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Transit Authority of River City is saving a seat on every bus to honor Rosa Parks and her contribution to the civil rights movement during Black History Month. This week and ...

Her portrayal focuses on December 1955, when Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her bus seat, a quiet act of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. The women ...