In the segregated South, African Americans were denied equality in the workplace, a chance for a decent education and the right to visit restaurants and use restrooms that white people also used. In ...

LANSING — Civil rights icon Rosa Parks’ legacy was on display in downtown Lansing on Feb. 4, as the Capital Area Transportation Authority showcased its Rosa Parks Tribute Bus in front of the state ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott through the eyes of leader Thomas Gray Judge Thomas Gray recounts the formation of the MIA and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this interview from Aug. 10, 2005.

In December 1955, Rosa Parks’ refusal as a Black woman to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked a citywide bus boycott. That protest came to a successful conclusion a ...