LANCASTER — 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 ...

Rosa Parks Day is celebrated in some parts of the country to honor the civil rights activist who became a symbol of resistance against racial segregation.

Rosa Parks Day celebrates the legacy of Rosa Parks, a woman who is a symbol of equality, civil rights, and the American Civil Rights Movement. The holiday is celebrated on either February 4, her ...

If approved, Rosa Parks Day would mark the first federal holiday to honor a Black woman, or any woman period, in American history.

The first day of December marked the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a White man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. That simple but defiant rejection of the ...

Rosa Parks Day teaches kids to stand up for what's rightWhile the state of South Dakota isn’t one of the five states that recognize December 1st as “Rosa Parks Day,” Mayor Paul Ten Haken has ...

The Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee (RPQCC), in partnership with the city of Gainesville, held its annual “Day of Courage” program.

TriMet riders in Portland will enjoy free rides tomorrow, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks, as the transit agency commemorates what would have been her 112th birthday.

On the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest on a Montgomery bus, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell is leading an effort in Congress to make Dec. 1 a federal holiday. In a speech Friday, Sewell asked ...

Rosa Parks passed away in 2005, but her legacy lives on in the many social justice movements that followed. From Black Lives Matter to modern-day calls for racial equality, Parks’ influence is ...

“Rosa Parks' courage and determination launched a movement that forever changed our nation,” Mayor Tommy Battle said. " I encourage everyone in Huntsville to take advantage of the free rides offered ...

TriMet renamed the Portland Avenue MAX Yellow Line Station for Rosa Parks in 2009, and in 2020, the Board of Directors passed a resolution declaring Feb. 4 as Rosa Parks Day.