A deeper look at Rosa Parks’ decades of organizing, resistance, and political struggle beyond her iconic 1955 arrest. Rosa Parks’ story begins long before the world heard her name. Born in Tuskegee in ...

Seventy years have passed since Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, and yet the country still tries to shrink her into that single moment — a tired seamstress who’d simply ...

Self-care is a bit of a buzzword these days. But for Rosa Parks, it was a deliberate practice and a means of survival in her later years. Long after she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Parks delivered a timeless message of courage. Her words reflect the moral strength behind her historic refusal to give up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosa Parks’ quotes reflect a lifelong commitment to justice, not just one historic moment. Each quote is paired with context that ...

Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, challenging existing segregation laws. (Hand-out, The Henry Ford ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For more than a quarter century, Condra Ridley has brought history to life, sometimes with a paper bus, often with a song, and always with a message of unity. Since 1999, ...

On the anniversary of civil-rights icon Rosa Parks' birth — Feb. 4, 1913 — North County Transit-San Diego Railroad will recognize "Transit Equity Day" by joining transit agencies around the country in ...