Iconic civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala., and died on Oct. 24, 2005, from natural causes. She was 92. Take a look back at the life and legacy of Rosa Parks.
The Parks family didn't have a car until then, according to Jeanne Theoharis, professor of political science at Brooklyn College and author of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." ...
Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal ...
Rosa Parks' quiet yet heroic act of defiance, in the spirit upon which the nation was founded, landed her in jail — she was soon released on $100 bond — but ignited the civil rights movement.
The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks in the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Plaza in Montgomery Julia Binswanger William "W.R ...
Jeanne Theoharis, political science professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, talked about the actions of Rosa Parks and her early life.
Today is the 62nd anniversary of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement" in the 1950s ...
People have a lot of thoughts on the latest episode of Doctor Who, which focused on civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Having graced our small screens for decades now, it’s not surprising that a ...
The house is on display in Naples as part of an exhibition called Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project The one-time home of US civil rights legend Rosa Parks has gone on display inside the ...