Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights.

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 ...

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 ...

It all started with a simple bus ride. And you can honor the legacy of Rosa Park by taking free rides on all TriMet’s ...

On Dec. 2, 1955, the Montgomery Advertiser published a short crime item at the bottom of page 9 under the headline "Negro Jailed Here for 'Overlooking' Bus Segregation." The five-paragraph account of ...

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 ...

Sarah Stringer & Mae Ocie Poole talk about a historic Montgomery home in this interview from Aug. 19, 2005.

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 ...

Sarah Herbert talks about taking people to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this interview from Aug. 28, 2005.