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 is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

DETROIT, MI - Five months before her husband allegedly killed her, Roshanda Turrentine pleaded for help from the courts. “He won’t leave and these things are (serious),” she said in a handwritten ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

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 ...

Racine District 2 Alderwoman Mollie Jones died Feb. 6 and is being remembered by her colleague as a great friend, neighbor and civic leader.

Rosa Parks helped launch a San Antonio tradition ... She will sign copies of her and her husband's new book, "What is My Legacy?" The MLK March also will introduce QR codes that participants ...

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.