Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on ... during the 1967 Detroit uprising. The activist died in 2005 at the age of 92 in Detroit.

February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, and 2025 would've been her 112th birthday.To celebrate, Metro ...

At the age of 92, Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005, in Detroit. On Feb. 4, 2013, what would have been her 100th birthday, The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, announced Rosa Parks National Day ...

When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...

Rosa Parks, born February 4, 1913, was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. When Parks died in 2005, she became the ...

Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 and was the first woman to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol rotunda when she died in 2005. Some states already observe Rosa Parks Day as ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every Metrobus and Metrorail train today. February 4 is the birthday of the civil rights legend, who died in 2005. WMATA has previously dedicated seats to ...