Browsing: Rosa Parks

On this day 70 years ago, 2 March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman. Her courageous act of…

On this day in 1913, iconic human-rights activists Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. She is known for her crucial role in the Montgomery bus…

On 20 December 1956, the Montgomery bus boycott ended after 13 months. The political and social mass action started on 5 December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.…