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 ...

Today is the 62nd anniversary of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement" in the 1950s ...

The house is on display in Naples as part of an exhibition called Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project The one-time home of US civil rights legend ... to a year-long bus boycott in the ...

This week, we’ll discuss civil rights activist Rosa ... Parks’ arrest, members of the local black community decided they would no longer use the local bus service. It began as a one-day ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...