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APR listeners hear from a witness to the Montgomery bus boycott
This month marks sixty nine years since the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks was arrested on ...
Women were the driving force behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was women who were driving the bus boycott, and Nixon “scolded the ministers and everyone else for letting the women bear ...
Rosa Parks' Husband Did Not Own a Car
While the photo is legitimate and can be found in the Library of Congress' archives, the car wasn't owned by Raymond Parks. In fact, he never owned a car, and records show Rosa Parks didn't buy a car ...
Every reference explained: A journey through history with Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’
For Billy Joel's 1989 epic single 'We Didn't Start The Fire' he decided to tackle everything from JFK and Elvis Presley to the Vietnam War and Bob Dylan.
My godfather was instrumental in the UK civil rights movement – but you’ve likely never heard of him
Paul Stephenson led the seismic Bristol bus boycott of 1963 and changed the course of UK race relations, writes Gillian ...
Church where Dr. Martin Luther King once preached celebrates 147 years
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once led the congregation as pastor during the civil rights movement, orchestrating events like ...
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Parks’ defining moment in history
On that Dec. 1 afternoon, 69 years ago, Rosa Parks’ acts of dignity and courage and her quiet strength changed America and ...