Rosa Parks Day is observed across several US states to honour the legacy of the civil rights icon whose refusal to surrender her bus seat in 1955 helped ignite one of the most significant movements in ...

It was on this day in 1955 when a simple act of defiance elevated a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, into a pivotal symbol in America's Civil Rights Movement. On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Utahns may be familiar with a few roads that were renamed to memorialize Rosa Parks, many might not know that she visited ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's been 70 years since Rosa Parks made the brave decision to stay seated onboard a Montgomery bus. Parks' refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the end of bus segregation and ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - TARTA will partner with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library and the Toledo NAACP to honor the legacy and contributions of civil rights icon Rosa Parks with book read-alongs on ...

Montgomery and Huntsville will honor the anniversary of bus boycott with museum tours and free bus rides on Rosa Parks Day. The Alabama cities of Montgomery and Huntsville are preparing to honor the ...

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 ...