Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated ...
Sarah Herbert talks about taking people to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this interview from Aug. 28, 2005.
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 ...
Colvin’s act helped lead to the 1956 Supreme Court case that ultimately desegregated the Montgomery buses. Claudette Colvin, ...
Sarah Stringer and Mae Ocie Poole describe the role a family home played in the Montgomery Bus Boycott era during this ...
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 ...