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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,

VIA Metropolitan Transit is honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Wednesday by offering fare-free service and having drivers shine their headlights throughout the day.

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 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Her action began a chain reaction that reshaped America.

VIA Metropolitan Transit will offer fare-free service on Wednesday in observance of Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights icon.

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.

Rosa Parks Day is celebrated every year on December 1 to honor the Alabama native and civil rights icon. This year, Huntsville Transit will offer free bus rides on fixed routes from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.