KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — For Rosa Parks Day each year, Knoxville Area Transit reserves a seat on each bus for the Civil Rights icon. The seats have flyers explaining the importance of Parks’ actions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Utahns may be familiar with a few roads that were renamed to memorialize Rosa Parks, many might not know that she visited ...

The city of Lafayette, Louisiana, held a ceremony to honor the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic act of defiance. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, ...

It's been 70 years since Rosa Parks made the brave decision to stay seated onboard a Montgomery bus. Parks' refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the end of bus segregation and ...

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she took a stand for equitable access to transportation for all. That’s what John Metzinger, CEO and general manager of Citilink, said drives his ...

Rosa Parks Day is observed across several US states to honour the legacy of the civil rights icon whose refusal to surrender her bus seat in 1955 helped ignite one of the most significant movements in ...

SAN DIEGO — On the anniversary of civil-rights icon Rosa Parks' birth -- Feb. 4, 1913 -- North County Transit-San Diego Railroad will recognize "Transit Equity Day" by joining transit agencies around ...

Huntsville Transit will offer free bus rides on Monday in honor of Rosa Parks. Monday marks the 70 th anniversary of Parks’ historic refusal to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus. In recognition ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Huntsville Transit will celebrate Rosa Parks Day by offering free rides on Monday. Huntsville Transit will offer free rides on Monday on all fixed-route (Orbit) and ...

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC4) — Feb. 4 is Rosa Parks Day, which is on Parks’ birthday and falls during Black History Month. In 1955, Parks pushed back against segregation on buses and kicked off the ...

On the anniversary of civil-rights icon Rosa Parks' birth — Feb. 4, 1913 — North County Transit-San Diego Railroad will recognize "Transit Equity Day" by joining transit agencies around the country in ...