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 lead to African-Americans boycotting public transportati ...

Tuesday marks 60 years since Rosa ... 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 about ...

Her life was full of grit and hard work, and Insider has collected 15 lesser-known facts to celebrate her legacy. Both of Rosa Parks' grandparents were former slaves and strong advocates for ...

One of the icons of the civil rights movement, the legacy of Rosa ... facts about that moment and the woman responsible for it: Fifteen-year-old civil rights activist Claudette Colvin came before ...

Here are some facts worth knowing about the icon, who was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. 1. Rosa Parks finished high school at a time when that was rare. Parks's fight for equal ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February ... to a white man. Here are some facts about Parks and the movement: 1. Parks wasn't the first. Fifteen-year-old civil rights activist Claudette ...

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 lead to African-Americans boycotting public transportati ...

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, Parks ...