Dec. 1 marks the anniversary of Parks’ 1955 arrest after she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus ...

Alabama officials are considering a bid to clear arrest records of civil rights icons Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, both convicted in the 1950s. Last week, The Root reported that 82 year ...

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Reflecting on the catalyst for civil justice, Frank Smith Jr. credits Rosa Parks' strength for igniting the Civil Rights ...

In February 1957, the Alabama Court of Appeals upheld her 1955 bus arrest conviction for violating segregation rules that ...

Community members are invited to come and stand with the Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute next week by attending these commemorative events: ...

Riders will be able to use all the transit agency’s services for free, including all buses and VIA Link shuttles, in ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Yellowing court records from the arrests of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others at the dawn of the modern civil rights era are being preserved and digitized after ...