Self-care is a bit of a buzzword these days. But for Rosa Parks, it was a deliberate practice and a means of survival in her later years. Long after she refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...

October 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ death. She was 92 when she died in her Detroit home in 2005. WDET’s ...

YEAH. WELL, TODAY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE ARE HONORING THE LIFE OF ROSA PARKS. IT’S THE 25TH ANNUAL ROSA PARKS DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY IN HONOR OF THE WOMAN ...

Timeline : events in the life of Rosa Parks -- The journey begins -- Coming of age in Montgomery -- Seeking equality -- Growing activism -- Foundations of the boycott -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- ...

MACON, Ga. — On Friday, a wreath laying ceremony to celebrate the life and work of Rosa Parks happened at 10 a.m. in downtown Macon. Kicking off Black History Month, community leaders and others ...

(CNN) — If you look closely, you can see a twinkle in her eye. The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic ...

“She was tired, so she sat down,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the February 2013 unveiling of the statue commemorating Rosa Parks in the U.S. Capitol. A few years later former presidential ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended legal segregation on Montgomery's city buses on Nov. 13, 1956, and a boycott of city buses officially ended just over a month later. An estimated 40,000 Black bus riders ...

MONTGOMERY, ALA. – For our sister beloved Rosa, we must adore, admire and love her and not romaticize her mission. Hers is an act of defiance, challenging the prevailing right-wing political, legal ...

Did Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks get a nod in a surprising, and what many are calling disrespectful, way via “The White Lotus” star Lisa’s underwear -- you read that right -- at the 2025 Met Gala?