In the late 19th Century, the United States was seeing a heavy change in segregation policies between the whites, the coloured and the black communities. From designated towns to restaurants to shops ...

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THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, Assistant Leader Clyburn; to the friends and family of Rosa Parks; to the distinguished guests who are gathered here today.

Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and local activist, refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.

To celebrate the summer season, the city of Grand Rapids has announced several new event series taking place at Rosa Parks Circle to activate the space and invite families downtown.

The award-winning journalist is the executive producer of a new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which challenges the simplified narrative of a civil rights icon Based in Los ...

Politicians, celebrities and thousands of mourners honored civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks Monday at a memorial service in Washington, D.C. Her remains lay in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol ...

After a memorial service in Montgomery, Ala., on Sunday, the body of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks was flown to Washington. She will lie in honor in the United States Capitol rotunda. Mourners have ...

When I was about 5 years old, my mother informed me that I shared the same birthday with Rosa Parks. I was homeschooled, and I can still remember sitting at my little desk near the kitchen, looking at ...

While three teenagers have been charged, the primary suspect is being charged as an adult. “This behavior won’t be tolerated in our city,” said Chief Joe Trigg.

On March 2, 1955, a black, 15-year-old girl boarded a Montgomery, Ala. city bus, and when told to surrender her seat to a white passenger, refused. That teenager, Claudette Colvin, became the first of ...

Rosa Parks would have celebrated her 107th birthday on Tuesday Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand since 2017, working as an intern, ...