MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:06 p.m. will mark exactly 70 years to the minute that Rosa Parks made the historic decision to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white man. Her quiet ...
Claudette Colvin, who as a teenager was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery ...
Claudette Colvin's defiance helped ignite the civil rights movement, serving as a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, which ended ...
This week we commemorate the 70 th anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 for declining to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, so that a white passenger would not have to stand.
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man, The Henry Ford will offer free admission to Henry Ford ...
As a 15-year-old, Colvin refused to move after a bus driver complained that she was sitting near two white girls in violation of segregation laws.
Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" rang out in the air on the night of Dec. 1 in downtown Montgomery as a crowd of about 40 people gathered for a unity walk at the Dexter Avenue King Memorial ...