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.

Rosa Parks was one of those people who had enough of being repressed and victimized by racism. On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full.

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,

In honor of the 69th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to leave her seat on the bus, KAT remembers her with a plaque on every bus.

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.

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

The City of Huntsville and Huntsville Transit is offering free rides on Monday, Dec. 2, to honor the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

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

The City of Huntsville transit system will offer free bus rides Monday to honor a civil rights leader. Rosa Parks Day is celebrated every year on December 1 to honor the Alabama native and civil rights icon.