Rosa Parks took a historic stand against racial segregation when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 1, 1955. The "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement ...

Her courageous act sparked the Alabama Bus Boycott, which in turn, launched the modern civil rights movement. Parks lived until she was 92 years old. She died in 2005 , of natural causes.

Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the most significant events in the Civil Rights Movement. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and other local leaders ...

BRBusBoycott.org, a Web page celebrating the anniversary of the bus boycott, has a history of the events of 1953 and the Civil Rights movement, plus a schedule of events commemorating the anniversary.

On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Discover how her act of defiance sparked the US civil rights movement.

Parks' arrest ignited a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system, led by a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is often credited with giving rise to the modern civil rights movement.

Four days of celebration and reflection are coming this weekend with the 68th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks — who famously refused to ...

DETROIT - Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. She was 92. Parks died at her home of natural causes, said ...

The boycott was an integral part of the civil rights movement, with the Holt Street Baptist Church playing a major role as a gathering place for the protest leaders such as Parks and Dr. Martin ...

On This Day: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott . Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist who is best known for her work with the Civil Rights Movement and her arrest for ...