Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...
But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...
There is a growing number of organized boycotts against mega-retailers amid their end of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately led to the Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation on public transportation unconstitutional. But there’s more to know about what ...
Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...
He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was ...
Rosa Parks arrives at circuit court to be arraigned in the Montgomery bus boycott on Feb. 24, 1956 in Montgomery, Ala. The boycott started on Dec. 5, 1955 when Parks was fined for refusing to move ...
Metro Denver residents can ride Regional Transportation District buses and trains for free on Tuesday as part of Transit ...
On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is honoring her pivotal act of defiance that ignited the Montgomery bus boycott by reserving a seat for her on each of ...
Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...
I remember talking to Civil Rights Movement activist Johnnie Carr years ago, and she shared with me stories about King in the early days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Carr was one of the ...