when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal was a protest about racism against black people. Racism is when someone thinks you ...

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History makers showcases people who have made a difference and explores the impact they’ve left on the world. This week, we’ll discuss civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Rosa Louise McCauley ...

On that Dec. 1 afternoon, 69 years ago, Rosa Parks’ acts of dignity and courage and her quiet strength changed America and ...

The firestorm of action and attention that followed her one-woman protest reshaped American history. "After the arrest of Rosa Parks, Black people of Montgomery and sympathizers of other races ...

Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, and died at the age of 92 on Oct. 24, 2005. Take a look back at the history of ... for Research in Black Culture. On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for ...

It was women who were driving the bus boycott, and Nixon “scolded the ministers and everyone else for letting the women bear ...

In March 1955, nine months before Rosa ... people would talk about the pregnancy more than the boycott," Colvin says. On the night of Parks' arrest, the Women's Political Council (WPC), a group of ...