Jeanne Theoharis on the Montgomery Bus Boycott & “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” (Part 2)

Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began ...

'It's taken its toll.' Rosa Parks' heroism came with a cost

In February 1957, the Alabama Court of Appeals upheld her 1955 bus arrest conviction for violating segregation rules that ...

What Activists Can Learn from Rosa Parks on the 70th Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott

What are the lessons from the Montgomery bus boycott launched 70 years ago this month? The boycott, which sparked the civil ...
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Rosa Parks’ defiance — and the boycott it fueled — can teach us in this moment

Visitors to the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University can learn about her decades of activism before and after that fateful day in 1955.

Unseen photos of Rosa Parks return to Montgomery, Alabama, seven decades later

Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, ...
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From Montgomery to Mississippi: Rosa Parks' boycott still fuels voting rights and civic power

Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began Dec. 5, 1955, after Rosa Parks’ arrest.

On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks stood up for civil rights by sitting down

It was on this day in 1955 when a simple act of defiance elevated a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, into a pivotal symbol in America's Civil Rights Movement. On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to ...
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A seat that changed America: Honoring Rosa Parks and the moment that shifted a nation.

70 years ago today in Montgomery, Alabama, a quiet act of defiance by a courageous woman helped spark one of the most transformative movements in American history. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a ...