MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Two blocks from the spot where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, 17-year-old Tanesha Wilson listens to earbuds as she waits for the No. 8.

One of the most significant protests in the history of the United States was the American Civil Rights Movement, which was ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus, sparking a year-long boycott by blacks of the Montgomery buses, and a key moment in the Civil Rights movement. File - ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an important civil rights protest focused on African Americans protesting segregated bus seating in Montgomery, Alabama. They pushed for the ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man. That act of protest and her arrest sparked one of the most famous civil rights actions in American ...

Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott, died on Wednesday. She was 96. A statement from Alabama State University, where ...

The Montgomery bus boycott lasted from December of 1955 through December of 1956. What people often remember of that moment in history is that when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, it sparked a ...

Montgomerians marked the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Monday with several events, including a ribbon cutting for the Holt Street Baptist Church Historical Museum. The church was the ...

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott. Black residents of Montgomery, Ala., boycotted city buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted. The boycott began with the ...

Montgomery, Alabama, is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of celebrations and events. Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested Dec. 1, 1955, after ...

Netflix's "High on the Hog" celebrated Georgia Gilmore's contribution to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Gilmore created the Club from Nowhere, which sold meals that raised money for the 381-day ...