Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 until her retirement in 1988. In 1968, Conyers’ bill for the King holiday did not pass. But Detroit wasn’t done.

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s ...

Felicia Bell and Rickey Brown talk about the Rosa Parks and her impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

Parks’ arrest began the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. If approved, Rosa Parks Day would mark the first federal holiday to honor a Black woman, or any woman ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. visited protests outside the school gates in 1965. ... She would become known as the "Rosa Parks of Girard College," a tireless spitfire whose small stature ...

Police arrested Rosa Parks on Dec. 1, 1955. ... Before that the last time the nation created a federal holiday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which became a federal holiday in 1983.

TriMet offers free rides on Sunday in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday and legacy. ... Her actions sparked a successful boycott among Black residents in Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr.