Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably know her from elementary school. She's the woman, tired and defiant, who refused to give up her seat to a white ...

Two blocks from the spot where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, 17-year-old Tanesha Wilson listens to earbuds as she waits for the No. 8. She takes two buses ...

Rosa Parks' quote on a made-up mind shows how moral clarity, courage and conviction can help people overcome fear.

A Citilink bus adorned with unique artwork paying tribute to civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been on the streets of Fort Wayne for only a few weeks, and it’s already turning heads. The ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks smiles during a ceremony where she received the ...

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.

Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama after she refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the 381-day boycott of Montgomery buses ...

(December 1, 2015) – On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama after she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. Parks’ act of civil disobedience started a ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- If you spot an empty front seat on a Laketran bus next week, don’t be shy. It’s meant to make you stop and think. Laketran and Geauga Transit are marking Black History Month by ...

Dan Saltzman had his community council meeting tonight on his proposal to turn Portland Blvd into Rosa Parks Way. The council didn't vote. It just was just an hour or so at the Interstate Firehouse ...

Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama after she refused to give her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the 381-day boycott of Montgomery buses ...