Rosa Parks was arrested for her refusal to give up her bus seat It was a small act of defiance, but Rosa Parks' refusal, as a black woman, to give up her bus seat to a white man, would change the ...

Rosa Parks’ mugshot is one of the most famous images of the civil rights movement. In it, Parks holds number 7053, looking both calm and defiant. But though the Rose Parks mugshot has been ...

But Mrs Parks was well aware that the journey she had started that day was unfinished. This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Rosa Parks died on ...

(Scroll down to watch Rosa Parks' obituary from 2005) Parks was arrested for refusing to move. The subsequent boycott lasted for 381 days before the Supreme Court eventually ruled the Alabama law ...

Emma Rosa Ptak (Nee Chavez), age 95, at rest on March 6, 2024. Beloved wife of the late Wladyslaw “Bladis” Ptak. Loving Mother of Kathie (the late Ken) Parks, Joseph, John (Maria), Anna ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story widely since Dec. 1, 1955, when she was arrested and jailed for ...

The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue honoring Rosa Parks — the first in a series of statues that will pay homage to icons of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery.

Rosa Parks, the black woman whose 1955 protest action in Alabama marked the start of the modern US civil rights movement, has died at the age of 92. Mrs Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white ...

In honor of Rosa Parks and her legacy of courage, MCTS will once again reserve a seat on every bus in its fleet from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. Each reserved seat will feature a red rose and a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Trimet will not be collecting fares on buses and Max trains on Sunday to celebrate the life and legacy of Rosa Parks on what would have been her 111th birthday. Today Trimet ...