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 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death ...

Judge Thomas Gray describes the odd circumstances of his 1956 arrest during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Interview from Aug. 10, 2005.

Attorney Fred D. Gray Sr. was a key legal figure in the Civil Rights movement, arguing landmark cases. Gray successfully argued Browder v. Gayle, which led to the desegregation of Montgomery's bus ...

Video: East Lansing couple explains bus boycott, Rosa Parks and civil rights Dr. Eugene and Yvonne Pernell talk about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott during civil rights movement when they were ...

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death was announced Tuesday ...