In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful ...

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 ...

Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday ... move to the back of a Montgomery bus, igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately led to the ...

A consumer-activist group founded by John Schwarz has launched a grassroots campaign to halt all consumer spending on Friday, ...

A small act can spark a movement, and that's what Rosa Parks did. On Transit Equity Day on Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Area ...

During which time, Americans are being encouraged to hold their dollar for 24 hours and simply not spend any money at major corporations. This means no visits to Walmart, no buying gas, and eating at ...

The Rosa Parks Day Act would designate Dec. 1 as a federal holiday marking Parks’ 1955 arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the ...

A New Yorker transplanted to the Midwest, John Schwarz, originated the People’s Union Economic Blackout set for Friday that ...

Backsliding by U.S. corporations on commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has brought the tactic of boycotts back to the forefront of our national dialogue on civil rights and ...

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and that's what Rosa Parks did. 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 ...