Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Rosa Parks, arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks was seated in the correct section, but because the bus was crowded, she was ...

Tuesday marks 60 years since Rosa Louise McCauley Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Ala., to a white man, becoming an iconic symbol in the Civil Rights Movement. Here are some ...

Rosa Parks Day teaches kids to stand up for what's right. In 1955, a 42-year-old Black woman in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a public bus for a white passenger.

Rosa Parks famously refused to move to the back of the bus, launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But here's what you probably didn't know. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks. Largely recognized for her leading role in the bus boycott of 1955, Rosa Parks was an enduring activist for the Civil Rights Movement.

The young girl was allegedly playing the part of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in an alarming role-play of her 1955 arrest when she refused to give her seat up for a white passenger in the ...

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Rosa Parks, arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955.