Montgomery Bus Boycott

Montgomery announced plans to upgrade its public transit system just days after the 65th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The city received a…

Today marks a moment in Alabama civil rights history. It was on this date in 1955 when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The only white minister to support the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott has died. The Rev. Robert Graetz was 92. A family…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made an appeal Monday to black voters in the Deep South, stopping at a…

Alabama is marking its first Rosa Parks Day. Alabama lawmakers earlier this year voted to designate December first as a day to honor the civil rights…

This Wednesday marks fifty years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. All month long, the APR news team is examining Dr. King’s work in…

The town of Monroeville said goodbye to writer Harper Lee over the weekend. APR’s Pat Duggins reports the author of “To Kill A Mockingbird” was laid to…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was in Alabama today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott. Clinton stood in…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be in Alabama today to mark the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.Clinton will be…

The life-size bronze sculpture of Rosa Parks has received a makeover.With the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott on Tuesday, sculptor Erik…