Author and historian Jeanne Theoharis said Montgomery segregationists at the time of the boycotts also spread rumors that the Parks family had a car.

Quote of the day by Rosa Parks inspires us to think beyond the boundaries of a single lifetime. We may not be able to control ...

National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- "A life history of being rebellious" : the early years of Rosa McCauley Parks -- "It was very difficult to keep going when all our work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In case you're in the mood to be inspired, here are five movies and TV shows that tell Rosa Parks' story. In 2001, Iris Little ...

The award-winning journalist is the executive producer of a new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which challenges the simplified narrative of a civil rights icon Based in Los ...

Today is the 61st anniversary of the day Rosa Parks helped kickstart the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It arrives as Donald Trump, a man many ...

A small library tucked away in Monteagle holds a remarkable piece of American history. Dr. Martin Luther King stands with ...

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.

Explore the Montgomery Advertiser's collection of archival reporting about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks would have been 100 years old today. NPR's Celeste Headlee talks ...

The heroic story of civil rights activist Rosa Parks is being put to song and dance. The announcement comes from Playbill who reports that a full-scale production is being planned to launch a Rosa ...

Rosa Parks would have celebrated her 107th birthday on Tuesday Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand since 2017, working as an intern, ...

Reporting from Washington — The black-and-white photograph of Rosa Parks on the bus looks familiar. She’s staring forward, reenacting her moment in history as if preparing for a place in a grade ...