The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond lived in the Detroit flat from 1961 until 1988. The flat's owner sought the historic ...

A Detroit City Council committee took a step on Thursday toward officially recognizing the former longtime flat of civil ...

A BHS basketball coach's demand that a player cut his hair and quit a Black student organization in 1970 exposed racial ...

Rosa Parks, who was already active in the Civil Rights Movement, became known for her refusal to follow the Jim Crow-era laws in Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, she refused to give up her seat ...

On December 1, 1955, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Now 64 years to the date, the Milwaukee Country Transit System honors the Presidential Medal ...

Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime home will live on, as well.

The first passenger seat in each bus will be off limits, marked with a commemorative sign for Rosa Parks, who was arrested after refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 ...

Visitors walk past the Rosa Parks sculpture as Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum hosts its 10th annual Juneteenth celebration in downtown Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday June 14, 2025.

R osa Parks transformed American history with her quiet defiance. On December 1, 1955, her refusal to give up her bus seat in ...

Free options include visiting the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, picnicking in Blount Cultural Park, exploring outdoor art, ...