In 1921, 17-year-old Edna Smith boarded a city streetcar in Nashville on what was known as the Broadway and West End Line. Smith, a young Black woman, was instructed by the driver to sit in ...
5 days ago
The Arizona Republic
Tim McGraw makes emotional plea for unity at debate night concert in Phoenix
1 day ago
Napa Valley Register
Re-imagine & Re-engage: On courageous women
4 days ago
Birmingham News
Montgomery veteran, oldest surviving member of 'Six Triple Eight,' dead at 104
EJI memorials draw millions, drive growth in downtown Montgomery
2 days ago
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fred Taylor began civil rights work as a child
Frederick Douglass Taylor seemed destined to work in the Civil Rights Movement. “He never sought the limelight,” said the Rev. Gerald Durley, past president of the Concerned Black Clergy of ...
3 days ago
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
The Women Who Fought For The Right To Vote
While you may remember some of the women involved in the quest for women’s suffrage — names like Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton — the work of many others has received far less attention ...
View all
African-American civil rights activist
montgomery.troy.edu
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycot... Wikipedia