BRITE Bus and the Afton Express will provide free rides Tuesday in honor of Transit Equity Day recognizing civil rights icon ...

Reproductive labor — like cooking, child care and distributing mutual aid — serves as the lifeblood of social movements.

On Tuesday, the free rides will be available across the Local Bus, Light Rail, Metro Subway, MARC Train, Mobility and Commuter Bus ... Her arrest and resistance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

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 ...

But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...

Parks, who was already involved in efforts to end segregation, became a pioneer for Civil Rights when she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery ... a massive bus boycott that impacted ...

Parks sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her legacy in DC goes beyond desegregation—she was a frequent visitor to the city ...

Rosa Parks, born February 4, 1913, was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. When Parks died in 2005, she became the ...

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 ...