Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

15 years after civil rights icon Rosa Parks became the first woman to receive the honour. When astronaut Neil Armstrong died in 2012, there were calls for a state funeral, but his family instead ...

Rosa Parks (1913-2005) sat down so that others could stand up. By refusing to give up her seat on that fateful day—Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala.—Rosa Parks set in motion a series of events that ...