Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat 62 years ago today — here are 14 facts about her By Leanna Garfield Getty Images Dec 1, 2017, 2:11 PM PT ...

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. Nearly 70 years later, the fight for equality and equity continues.Marl… ...

Long before Rosa Parks rode her way into the history books, as the African American woman who refused in 1955 to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, she was a fighter for ...

In this Feb. 22, 1956, file photo, Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955.

Rosa Parks is well known for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus, but she actually spent her whole life championing civil rights. Learn more about this amazing woman in this episode! Listen ...

In I Am Rosa Parks ($16), Brad Meltzer introduces children to Rosa Parks's life and story. He shares how the rules weren't fair to Black people, and how Parks responded by standing up for herself ...