Boss Sully and jockey Mike Smith outdueled Flyover and Emisael Jaramillo down the stretch in the California Flag Handicap at ...

Black civil rights activist Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955. Her subsequent arrest by law enforcement sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, ...

(CNN) — Civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

(CNN) — In 1955, civil rights leader Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This led to African-Americans boycotting public ...

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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks solidified her place in the history books by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger—an arrestable offense in then-segregated Montgomery, Alabama. That ...

File photo showing civil rights icon Rosa Parks at a ceremony where she was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, on June 15, 1999. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way December 8, 2003 for ...