When Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Today is Transit Equity Day. It commemorates the birthday of pioneering civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who famously refused ...

There’s a seat reserved for Rosa Parks on every Metrobus and Metrorail train today. February 4 is the birthday of the civil ...

Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. The United States Congress honored her for her actions as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the ...

She was riding a bus when some white passengers boarded. By law, she was required to sit at the back of the bus, while white people sat at the front. The two racial divides were separated by a ...