The City of Tyler said that each Tyler Transit bus will have an honorary reserved seat on Monday for Rosa Parks Day. Parks was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 after she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery,

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery Alabama, Rosa Parks, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, in defiance of Jim Crow segregation laws. This event helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott and the civil rights movement which would revolutionize rights for Black Americans.

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VIA Metropolitan Transit will offer fare-free service on Wednesday in observance of Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights icon.

December 1, 1955 is the day when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama to a man, in defiance of Jim Crow segregation laws. On Sunday, Knoxville Area Transit honored Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign discussing her impact along with a bow.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Her action began a chain reaction that reshaped America.

The Alabama cities of Montgomery and Huntsville will honor the 69th anniversary of the bus boycotts on Rosa Parks Day.

Rosa Parks Day was Sunday. But the legacy of the civil rights activist will continue to shine Monday as MATA will commemorate her life with live history monologues abroad a Memphis bus.