MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:06 p.m. will mark exactly 70 years to the minute that Rosa Parks made the historic decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her quiet ...

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man, The Henry Ford will offer free admission to Henry Ford ...

This week we commemorate the 70 th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 for declining to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, so that a white passenger would not have to stand.

Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" rang out in the air on the night of Dec. 1 in downtown Montgomery as a crowd of about 40 people gathered for a unity walk at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial ...

Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman, made the decision not to give up her seat for a white person. The act would ignite a movement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

(CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WCSC) — Rosa Parks was arrested 70 years ago for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, an act of defiance that became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. The 42 ...

Ohio’s Joyce Beatty and two of her congressional colleagues want to make Dec. 1, the date Parks’ arrest sparked history, one to celebrate. “Through her willingness to sit, Rosa Parks stood up for what ...

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, an event that significantly influenced the civil rights movement. The museum houses the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up ...