MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WCSC) — Rosa Parks was arrested 70 years ago for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, an act of defiance that became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. The 42 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHSV) - Exactly 70 years ago on Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was taken to jail for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, in violation of Montgomery, Alabama’s ...

(WDBJ) - On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring Black passengers to give up their seats to white passengers when buses were full.

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began days after Rosa ...

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.

Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" rang out in the air on the night of Dec. 1 in downtown Montgomery as a crowd of about 40 people gathered for a unity walk at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial ...

(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 ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ended legal segregation on Montgomery's city buses on Nov. 13, 1956, and a boycott of city buses officially ended just over a month later. An estimated 40,000 Black bus riders ...

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man, The Henry Ford will offer free admission to Henry Ford ...