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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosa Parks was a lifelong civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A packed room at Alabama State University fell silent as the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. filled the space, a reminder of the movement that began in this city and ...

On Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man who had boarded the bus. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott led ...

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 ...