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Meet Georgia Gilmore, the cook turned activist who fueled the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGeorgia Gilmore.Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group/Photo by...
Montgomery to host celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of Bus Boycott
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMontgomery, Alabama, is marking the 67th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with a series of...
Montgomery events honor Rosa Parks Day and 68th anniversary of Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFour days of celebration and reflection are coming this weekend with the 68th anniversary of the...
Stories of a movement: Cocoa Brown to emcee Rosa Parks Gala on Saturday
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs a comic, writer and actor in TV and film, Cocoa Brown’s life is full of stories. But some of the...
Lincoln Theatre performance to take audience on 'journey' through civil rights movement
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe civil rights movement has been immortalized in history books, which cover hallmarks such as the...
Rosa Parks film screening in Detroit puts spotlight on importance of Black history
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," the first full-length documentary about the civil rights...
Rosa Parks statue gets one step closer to Alabama State Capitol
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Alabama Women’s Tribute Statute Commission Tuesday approved a design for a Rosa Parks statue...
Meet the woman who helped desegregate Cincinnati’s streetcar system
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoLet me introduce you to the Fossetts, one of Cincinnati’s most influential couples. Nearly a century...
Florida textbook altered to remove references to Rosa Parks’s race: report
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Florida textbook publisher removed all references of race from a lesson about civil rights icon...
Arthur Madison and the long afterlife of courage
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe’re going to interrupt the jeremiads of this space for some good news. Back in February, I wrote about Arthur Madison. For those who don’t remember,...
