The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the ... the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent leaders ...

Students at Pilgrim Lutheran School in Wauwatosa are participating in a three-week in-school Black history camp.

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders ...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBMA) — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of ... iconic Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 following Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat to ...

Parks is credited as being the catalyst for the eventual ruling that segregation laws were unconstitutional. Her courage even led to the subsequent rise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was ...

He then pointed to Black Americans and others of African descent who exemplify courage, faith, and perseverance in the face of adversity, including Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall ... cited Rev. Dr.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story widely since Dec. 1, 1955, when she was arrested and jailed for ...

Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal ...