She worked to promote civil rights before the Montgomery bus boycott. She did this by: helping black people to register to vote in elections, which was very difficult under the Jim Crow laws ...

The most famous boycott occurred in 1955–56 in Montgomery, Alabama, where the nearly 13-month protest against segregated ...

Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refusing to give up their seats on buses when white people demanded them, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott and the banning of segregated buses in Alabama.

were among the leaders of the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott organized in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks. In 1961, Abernathy's First Baptist Church was the site of the May 21 "siege" where ...

Madison's bill looks to institute an additional $5 license tax and registration fee on motor vehicles to raise funds for the ...

The Knoxville Area Transit will have one open seat on every bus on Sunday, Dec. 1, in honor of the civil rights leader.

In 1927, the Holland Tunnel was opened under the Hudson River, linking New York City and New Jersey. In 1947, development of ...