Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately led to the Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation on public transportation unconstitutional. But there’s more to know about what ...

I Want Freedom Now!' about Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.

Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car ...

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White ...

Many prominent historical figures are from the Metro Detroit area. Here’s a list of prominent Black historical figures in ...

May I share some things with you about King that you won’t read in history books? First ... about King in the early days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Carr was one of the organizers of the ...

On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the biography King: A Life, spoke about the late leader, and noted that he didn’t have plans to become one when he joined ...

Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE ... that he didn’t have plans to become one when he joined the Montgomery Bus boycott in 1965. “This is one of the miraculous moments in ...

Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...