MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:06 p.m. will mark exactly 70 years to the minute that Rosa Parks made the historic decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her quiet protest sparked a nationwide movement. Today, Rosa Parks ...

CU Boulder historian Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders delineates misperceptions surrounding ‘the mother of the Civil Rights Movement’ and the Montgomery Bus Boycott while highlighting Parks’ enduring legacy When people hear the name Rosa Parks, they likely ...

Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956. She was among some 100 people charged with violating segregation laws. Parks, refusal to move to the back of a bus two months earlier on Dec 1, 1955 touched off the ...

It's been 70 years since Rosa Parks made the brave decision to stay seated onboard a Montgomery bus. Parks' refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which led to the end of bus segregation and helped lay the groundwork for the rest of the Civil Rights ...

What are the lessons from the Montgomery bus boycott launched 70 years ago this month? The boycott, which sparked the civil rights movement, began after the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated city bus to a white man.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WCSC) — Rosa Parks was arrested 70 years ago for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, an act of defiance that became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. The 42-year-old boarded the bus in Montgomery on her way ...

ALL THIS MONTH. WVTM 13 PROJECT COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES ALABAMIANS WHO BROKE BARRIERS AND RAISED THE BAR FOR EVERYONE. PEOPLE LIKE ROSA PARKS, BORN IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 1913 AND LATER WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS IN MONTGOMERY, WHAT SHE DID ON A ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began days after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955. This is viewer ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks sat on a Montgomery bus in protest of segregation, sparking a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. On Friday, the MLK Neighborhood Association and SporTran honored Parks with an event called ...

Montgomery, Ala. – Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time, and they ...