Ralph Abernathy was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and beyond. As the young pastor of First Baptist ...

With increased energy in economic boycotts and talks of general strikes, the lessons of the Montgomery Bus Boycott are more critical than ever. Economic boycotts remain a core part of the people’s ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a ...

When reporters asked Abernathy to respond to Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United ...

Rosa Parks wasn't the first arrested for defying unjust segregation laws on a Montgomery bus. But when Parks refused a Montgomery bus driver's order to give up her seat on Dec. 1, 1955, she set in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 2, 1955, the Montgomery Advertiser published a short crime item at the bottom of page 9 under the headline "Negro Jailed ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott marks its 70th anniversary Friday — many of the boycott organizers’ descendants plan to reunite in the Alabama city where it all started. Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on ...

Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a "family reunion" held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Friday, Dec. 5, ...