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Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks
Biography and 1995 interview with audio and video.
Canoe: Rosa Parks Fights for Web Spot
Parks wins rights to rosaparks.com from a cybersquatter.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Rosa Parks Argues vs. Rap
Article by Dan Horn about the arguments made before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
CNN: Rosa Parks Honored with Congressional Gold Me
Article and video coverage of the event with links.
Colored Reflections: The Fifties, Rosa Parks
An interactive history site with a brief profile and student tributes.
Detroit Free Press: Klan Road Named for Rosa Parks
Missouri lawmakers to name a section of highway for Parks after the Ku Klux Klan adopted it for cleanup.
Detroit Free Press: Tributes to Rosa Parks Hard to
An article by Amy Frazier.
Detroit News: Rosa Parks Asks Court to Reinstate L
Parks accuses the rap group OutKast of misusing her name in a song.
Detroit News: Rosa Parks, African Queen Discuss Ex
Parks met with Swaziland Queen Sibonelo Mbikiza to discuss a student exchange program between Africa and Park's Pathways to Freedom program.
Grand Times: The Woman Who Changed a Nation
Biographical article based on 1996 interview with Parks.
Lifetime Achievement Award For Rosa Parks
Remarks by Federal Transit Administrator Gordon Linton.
MTV: Johnnie Cochran To Represent Rosa Parks In Ou
Parks hires Cochran to represent her.
Press Release: House Passes Carson Bill
Legislation introduced by Rep. Julia Carson, D-Ind., to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Rosa Parks passes by a vote of 424 to 1.
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Tells the story of Parks' arrest on the 1st of December, 1955, for not standing and letting a white bus rider take her seat.
Scholastic: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rig
An online activity for grades 7 and 8 about Parks' arrest, the boycott, nonviolence, and the court ruling, with an interview.
State News: Parks Recognized for Role in Struggle
Michigan, Parks' home state, designates the first Monday after February 4 as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day.
The Glass Ceiling: Rosa Parks
Biography with reading list.
Time 100: Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks
Article by Rita Dove honoring Ms. Parks as one of the twenty most influential heroes and icons of the 20th century.
TSUM: Rosa Parks Library and Museum
Biography, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and photographs.