“This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution ... King was one of the leaders of the famous Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956). African Americans, who then made up 75 per cent ...

Before US President Donald J. Trump returned to the Oval Office and began systematically attacking initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across US institutions, Alabama ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

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 ...

CHEVY CHASE, Md. — A Montgomery County Transit bus driver faced four criminal charges on Tuesday after police said he strangled a pregnant woman and threw her to the ground outside a Ride On bus ...

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 ...

BRITE Bus is marking the birthday of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, Transit Equity Day, by offering free rides on Tuesday.

igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately led to the Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation on public transportation unconstitutional. But there’s more to know about what ...

February 4 marks the birthday of Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks, and 2025 would've been her 112th birthday.To celebrate, Metro ...

Parks, who was already involved in efforts to end segregation, became a pioneer for Civil Rights when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery ... a massive bus boycott that impacted ...

Parks sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her legacy in DC goes beyond desegregation—she was a frequent visitor to the city ...