MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:06 p.m. will mark exactly 70 years to the minute that Rosa Parks made the historic decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her quiet ...

(CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

GLASSBORO, N.J. (WPVI) -- Rowan University held its 21st annual Rosa Parks luncheon Tuesday. New Jersey Lieutenant Governor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 2, 1955, the Montgomery Advertiser published a short crime item at the bottom of page 9 under the headline "Negro Jailed ...

This week we commemorate the 70 th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 for declining to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, so that a white passenger would not have to stand.

Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman, made the decision not to give up her seat for a white person. The act would ignite a movement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, an event that significantly influenced the civil rights movement. The museum houses the ...

Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, challenging existing segregation laws. (Hand-out, The Henry Ford ...