Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and local activist, refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.

Two powerful documentaries explore different aspects of Black history this week, in each case shedding light on misrepresented or under-covered chapters. Presented by Barack Obama’s company under its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old was headed home from her job as a seamstress at Montgomery Fair department store in her ...

A Citilink bus adorned with unique artwork paying tribute to civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been on the streets of Fort Wayne for only a few weeks, and it’s already turning heads. The ...

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday, a moment to honor her unwavering fight for civil rights. Often recognized as part of the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Black leaders ...

Rosa Parks Day would mark the first federal holiday to honor a Black woman, or any woman, period, in American history. The Rosa Parks Day Act, a bill that would make Dec. 1, the date Rosa Parks was ...

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott. Credit: Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. At a press ...

Waynesboro Public Schools plan to celebrate Black History Month by hosting a screening of the documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, at Kate Collins Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 23, ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For more than a quarter century, Condra Ridley has brought history to life, sometimes with a paper bus, often with a song, and always with a message of unity. Since 1999, ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- If you spot an empty front seat on a Laketran bus next week, don’t be shy. It’s meant to make you stop and think. Laketran and Geauga Transit are marking Black History Month by ...