107 years ago, on this day, American activist Rosa Parks was born. Her pivotal role in the civil rights movement changed the history of this country, and her legacy lives on proudly today. And Parks’ ...

An extensive archive of photographs and documents focusing on the life of Rosa Parks was opened to researchers and members of the public on Wednesday, what would have been the civil rights activist's ...

October 2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ death. She was 92 when she died in her Detroit home in 2005. WDET’s Jerome Vaughn covered the story at the time and WDET aired that story this ...

Rosa Parks would have celebrated her 107th birthday on Tuesday Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand since 2017, working as an intern, ...

Many of us know that Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks refused to give up a seat on a municipal bus in Montgomery, Alabama – an incident that resulted in her arrest and sparked a year-long boycott of the ...

“The ice rink at Rosa Parks Circle is a good way for all ages and abilities to get outside and enjoy a classic winter ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the ...

WASHINGTON — The mother of the modern civil rights movement received a Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was sought out by world leaders, popes and politicians as a ...

Sixty years ago,Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man Sixty years ago,Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man. It was an iconic moment in the nation's Civil ...

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 ...

They say time heals all wounds. On Rosa Parks Way, three years seem to have almost done the trick. Many on the renamed North Portland thoroughfare say their revamped addresses have caused few ...