Rosa Parks

Sameer Rao Dec 19, 2018 12:17PM EST

Rosa Parks Biopic Focuses on Movement Defining Direct Action

“Rosa” draws from biography “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.”

Black and brown and beige house on brown dirt in front of brown and beige buildings

Sameer Rao Jun 14, 2018 3:44PM EDT

Family Auctions Rosa Parks' Restored Detroit Home

The house is part of a larger auction of rare artifacts of Black history, which includes Alex Haley’s manuscript for “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” and The Jackson Five’s first professional record contract.

Black-and-white image of Black woman in grey coat holding black sign with white numbers in front of grey wall

Sameer Rao Dec 1, 2017 3:05PM EST

62 Years Ago: Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Bus Seat, Inspiring the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Parks’ resistance kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which TV One depicts in the new trailer for “Behind the Movement.”

Black woman in brown coat and black sunglasses speaks to White woman in navy jacket and black pants while standing in front of grey and brown wooden house in neighborhood with green trees and grey buildings

Sameer Rao Apr 10, 2017 4:54PM EDT

Rosa Parks' Detroit Home Restored and On Display in Berlin

Parks’ niece Rhea McCauley and artist Ryan Mendoza worked together to transport the house to Germany, where it recently opened to the public.

Black-and-white image of a Black man in a dark suit speaking at a podium in front of Black and White men, all set in front of grey background

Sameer Rao Mar 20, 2017 5:37PM EDT

Library of Congress Acquires Archive of Civil Rights Movement Photos

Bob Adelman’s photos of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and other racial justice figures from the 1960s onward will now be part of the Library’s collection.