Today, February 4, marks what would have been Rosa Parks’ 112th birthday ... during Black History Month—alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman—her story is one we think we ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Rosa Parks was fined $14 (€13), including court costs, for "disorderly conduct" and violating segregation laws. The bus boycott ... also shaped Martin Luther King Jr., who became the ...

But things amped up dramatically in 1955 — when the Montgomery bus boycott brought both Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. into the spotlight, and the murder of Emmett Till was seared ...

Rosa Parks, for example, refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a turning point. It ...

brought Rosa Parks to Detroit to give a talk on the Montgomery Bus Boycott — against the wishes of UAW President Walter Reuther. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to onlookers as he leads the ...

ATLANTA - MARTA is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta ... as a poignant reminder of Rosa Parks’ courageous stand that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.