The event was seen as a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement, as protests followed the killers' acquittal in court ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

Ahead: Your stories to look out for in North Central Florida. Gainesville city commissioners on Thursday are scheduled to ...

Rosa Parks was one of the first women in Montgomery to join the ... Community leaders called for a one day bus boycott for December 5, the day of her trial. When the boycott was a success, the ...

p>Civil rights icon Rosa Parks has suffered from dementia since at least 2002, medical records show.</p><p>The records, released by a federal judge Wednesday, show that when Parks was transferred from ...

African-Americans had wilfully violated the segregation of public transport before Rosa Parks, even in her hometown of Montgomery ... A one-day bus boycott was organised for the day of her trial, 5 ...

To honor and celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) said it will offer free rides across all of its ...

Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal ...

Some people, such as Rosa Parks, lost their job for supporting the ... and some were fined while others were imprisoned. However, the trial gave the MIA the chance to publicise their grievances ...