Parks moved to Detroit in 1957 and remained active in the civil rights movement throughout the 1960s. According to the NAACP, she advocated for fair housing and helped investigate the murders of ...

Eventually, Rosa and Raymond Parks settled in Detroit. He died in 1977. She died in 2005. Detroit's local historic districts are meant to be associated with people or events that are a significant ...

Rosa Parks was an avid yoga practitioner. The way Parks took a stand for civil rights reflects many of the principles behind yoga that connect the body and the mind.

Did Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks get a nod in a surprising, and what many are calling disrespectful, way via “The White Lotus” star Lisa’s underwear -- you read that right -- at the 2025 Met ...

Raymond Parks, Rosa's husband, was also active in the fight for civil rights. A barber by trade, he was a member of Montgomery's NAACP, and helped fundraise for the legal defense of the Scottsboro ...