Sixty-seven years ago, the crushing heel of racism had finally pushed down too far to bear for a 42-year-old Montgomery seamstress. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was tired of the hatred that her city had ...

You probably know her from elementary school. She's the woman, tired and defiant, who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, breaking Jim Crow laws and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Two blocks from the spot where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white ...

A Citilink bus adorned with unique artwork paying tribute to civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been on the streets of Fort Wayne for only a few weeks, and it’s already turning heads. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (December 1, 2015) – On December 1, 1955 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Editor's Note: The video above is from a February piece about Rosa Parks' birthday. This story was published in 2020. Sixty-five years ago today, 42-year-old Rosa Parks boarded a ...

In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WIAT) — Tuesday marks an important milestone in civil rights history — remembering the Montgomery bus boycott. Celebrities, activists and politicians will commemorate the boycott.

Tuesday marks 60 years since Rosa Louise McCauley Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala., to a white man, becoming an iconic symbol in the Civil Rights Movement. Here are some facts ...

On Saturday, 63 years after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to change seats on the Cleveland Avenue bus, a replica of the city transport will sit parked outside the Troy University Rosa Parks ...

Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing a bus driver’s order to give up her seat to a white man. Her act of civil disobedience kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott to ...