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

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

Metro is reserving a seat on every bus and train on Tuesday to pay tribute to Rosa Parks on what would be her 112th birthday. “Her actions — refusing ...

In this Monday, May 2, 2016, file photo, the Massachusetts state flag flies in front of Boston City Hall. The commission put together to study the racial implications of the Massachusetts state seal ...

Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday officially designated Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day in Massachusetts, on what would have been the civil rights leader’s 112th birthday.

We honor the courage of Rosa Parks and her vision for equal access ... Parks, born on Feb. 4, 1913, is known as the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement.” In December 1955, she ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to move to the back of a bus to accommodate a white passenger Today we celebrate the life of Rosa Parks. The late ...

Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist’s legacy of advocating for racial equality and change. Lawmakers filed a bill ...