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 ...

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

Parks died in 2005 at the age of 92, but the Alabama native's refusal to give up her bus seat on Dec. 1, 1955, lives on as a iconic story in American history. Here are five facts about that moment ...

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 ...

The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

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.

Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime home will live on, as well.

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.

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

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