She sparked the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and spent her final years in Detroit. The nonprofit awards a one-time $2,500 scholarship to Michigan high school seniors who embrace Parks ...

Her arrest in that incident helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott. After the boycott, Rosa and Raymond Parks moved to Hampton, Virginia, and then settled in Detroit. He died in 1977. She died in ...

Walk through Alabama’s Civil Rights Trail, from Montgomery to Selma, and experience the landmarks that shaped America’s path ...

Object Details Created by Lava Thomas, American, born 1958 Subject of Euretta F. Adair, American, 1905 - 1990 Caption Euretta F. Adair was one of over 80 African American activists who were arrested ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to her final days, has died.

Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

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 ...

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s Parks Adventure Bus is back for its fourth season, offering free roundtrip rides to eight regional parks every Saturday through Aug. 9.

From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – they funded, sheltered and fuelled the fight for equality.