You probably think you know the story of Rosa Parks, the seamstress who refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Ala., 60 years ago—on Dec. 1, 1955—and thus galvanized the bus boycott ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In case you’re in the mood to be inspired, here are five movies and TV shows that tell Rosa Parks’ story. In 2001, Iris Little ...

The award-winning journalist is the executive producer of a new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which challenges the simplified narrative of a civil rights icon Based in Los ...

Explore the Montgomery Advertiser's collection of archival reporting about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old today. NPR's Celeste Headlee talks ...

Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and local activist, refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.

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, ...

Michele Norris talks with historian and Rosa Parks biographer Douglas Brinkley. They discuss civil rights icon Rosa Parks and her six-page handwritten account about surviving a rape attempt by a white ...

Rosa Parks Day is observed across several US states to honour the legacy of the civil rights icon whose refusal to surrender her bus seat in 1955 helped ignite one of the most significant movements in ...

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’ ...