Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala., in December 1955. But Parks' civil rights protest did have a precedent: ...

On a July morning in 1995, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was the site of the closing ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change’s 20th Annual Summer Workshop on ...

(CNN) — In 1955, civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

In the segregated South, African Americans were denied equality in the workplace, a chance for a decent education and the right to visit restaurants and use restrooms that white people also used. In ...

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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, pivotal figures who fought for justice and inspired change across the world, were unveiled Friday on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol.

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 ...

DETROIT, MI – December 5, 2007 – The Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development (www.RosaParks.org) has partnered with Organic Style Ltd. (www.OrganicStyle.com) to honor Rosa Parks on the ...