You probably think you know the story of Rosa Parks, the seamstress who refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Ala., 60 years ago—on Dec. 1, 1955—and thus galvanized the bus boycott ...

The award-winning journalist is the executive producer of a new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which challenges the simplified narrative of a civil rights icon Based in Los ...

SERVING INSTITUTION PROGRAM IN 1992. CALIFORNIA IS HONORING THE LEGACY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON ROSA PARKS, AND TODAY, AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AN OLD BUS WAS PARKED FOR THE 24TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA ROSA PARKS ...

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Filling in for Dallas’ relative sparseness of statuary, and adding some inspirational presence to a public space, a new bronze Rosa Parks resolutely perched on a bus seat has been unveiled in the new ...

Julie Dash’s critically acclaimed biographical drama film, The Rosa Parks Story chronicles the titular figure’s struggles against racism and segregation in the United States. Parks was a Civil Rights ...

107 years ago, on this day, American activist Rosa Parks was born. Her pivotal role in the civil rights movement changed the history of this country, and her legacy lives on proudly today. And Parks’ ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the ...

A new exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shows a very different Rosa Parks from the woman many people learned about in history class. Rosa Parks is the woman who refused to give ...

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Rosa Parks’ landlord has offered to let her stay in her apartment rent-free, two years after threatening to evict her when the owners said her caretakers missed rental payments. Subscribe to read this ...