She worked to promote civil rights before the Montgomery ... actions led onto the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Some people, such as Rosa Parks, lost their job for supporting the boycott.

When we think of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, many iconic figures come to mind: Martin Luther King Jr., ...

Author Mattie Kahn talked about Claudette Colvin's impact during the Civil Rights Movement ... refusing to give up her seat on a bus nine months before Rosa Parks sparked the bus boycotts.

5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks Largely recognized for her leading role in the bus boycott of 1955, Rosa Parks was an enduring activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout her numerous ...

Rosa Parks Breakfast will be held next Sat., Feb. 1, at 9 a.m. at Greater Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. The ...

It has been a long, strange journey for the small clapboard house where civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks ... sparking a bus boycott that became a touchstone of the civil rights movement.

As we mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, it’s important to reflect on why he is being honored and what that means to America. King, a Baptist minister, led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s ...

The Civil Rights Movement challenged segregation on public transport. In 1955, activist Rosa Parks refused to give ... Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the end of transport ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

Ralph Abernathy was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement of ... of the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott organized in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks. In 1961, Abernathy's First Baptist ...