The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South for three quarters of a century ...

Often overshadowed by the more widely-known story of Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the pursuit of justice. "I'm a ...

Credit: Getty Images Since the institution of Jim Crow laws at the close of the 19th ... Blacks were forced to sit in the back of the bus and forced to use separate waiting rooms, drinking ...

her legacy in the face of Jim Crow laws and her dedication to non-violent civil rights change is continuing to be honored. The city of Atlanta hosted her historic bus on Friday, the day before the ...