Pretending her iconic arrest came out of nowhere still warps how we look at fast food strikes or Wal-Mart arrests

On Dec. 5, the first day of the boycott, the buses were nearly empty of black people. And so it was for 382 days

On her 100th birthday, a new book argues the civil rights icon's rebellion goes beyond that one famous refusal

Also, a helpful explainer for Rick Santorum that the Bundy brigade is nothing like Occupy Wall Street

The conservative rocker seems to be confused about history, while Pat Robertson says that rape causes atheism

The civil rights icon and fierce political activist was supported from an unlikely source

She sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, and was attacked by a young black man 40 years later. Her fortunes echo those of the civil rights movement.

The party's Rosa Parks fiasco only hints at its problems with civil rights -- here's why it should be afraid

So noble

A poem by Rita Dove honors the late civil rights legend.

We might think we know the Rosa Parks story, but the 60th anniversary of her heroism is a great time to learn more

Kaepernick "is doing the same thing" by sitting that Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos did with their black power stand

Oprah Winfrey eulogizes Rosa Parks.

NRA reps have called gun regulations “equally as unconstitutional” as Jim Crow laws

Remember, pro-civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests weren't popular—or considered practical—in their own times