Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

Rosa Parks gave the US civil rights movement a huge boost and inspired Martin Luther King Jr.

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 ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...

ROSA PARKS PROMOTED CIVIL RIGHTS AND HELPED THOSE SUFFERING FROM ... to the desegregation of public transportation.Parks moved to Detroit later in life with her husband and died at the age of 92 in ...

Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 ... Coretta Scott King led a birthday rally in Atlanta to celebrate her late husband’s life. At the same time, United Autoworkers union members ...

Following her husband’s death a year after their second ... Among her students were activist Rosa Parks and John Lewis, who would become Georgia’s influential U.S. congressman.

Sheffield Lake Councilwoman-at-Large Rosa Gee organized the event in 2016 ... Twenty to 45 seniors come to the center weekly. Gee and her husband, Joe Gee Sr., supply the refreshments and snacks.

First lady Nancy Reagan designed a new Oval Office rug for her husband, President Ronald ... Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, and labor leader and civil rights ...

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Transit Authority of River City will save a seat on every bus in its fleet in remembrance of Parks and her contribution to ... and the legacy of Rosa Parks." In celebration of Black History ...