Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...
He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.
Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...
Did you know that Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her bus seat nine months prior to Rosa Parks? Claudette Colvin and three other black students were told on March 2nd, 1955 ...
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 ...
When Donald Trump reentered office, one of his first calls to action was to end several DEI initiatives in the federal government.
Metro Denver residents can ride Regional Transportation District buses and trains for free on Tuesday as part of Transit ...
BRITE Bus and the Afton Express will provide free rides Tuesday in honor of Transit Equity Day recognizing civil rights icon ...
"History has shown us this—our ancestors leveraged economic pressure in 1955 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted far longer than a single day and led to real systemic change ...
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 ...
There is a growing number of organized boycotts against mega-retailers amid their end of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.