Mary Jamila Dozier-Jones was only 8 years old when she started the Montgomery Gospel Trio with Minnie Hendricks-McKents and ...
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 ...
Montgomery desegregated its city buses the next day. The boycott lasted 382 days. National City Lines bus No. 2857 on which Rosa Parks rode that day is now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in ...
Cummings had maintained a scrapbook of newspaper articles during the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott. Next to articles describing the arrest of Rosa Parks, he wrote "#2857" and "Blake/#2857." ...
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 ...
The Montgomery Bus Boycott came in response to the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks when she decided to sit in the whites only front ...
Rosa Parks was an avid yoga practitioner. The way Parks took a stand for civil rights reflects many of the principles behind ...
The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for everyone on Tuesday in remembrance of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks.
On Transit Equity Day, TheRide is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat for her on each bus with a sign commemorating her pivotal role in history.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks. It was ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, and 2025 would've ... segregation set in motion a massive bus boycott that impacted public transit and ...