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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure
Taxi drivers provided alternate transport for boycotters, lowering their fares to match bus fares.
Yoonji Han
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Meet Georgia Gilmore, the cook turned activist who fueled the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her Southern cuisine
Georgia Gilmore founded the Club from Nowhere, which prepared and sold food during the 381-day resi…
Lauren Edmonds
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Lucille Times, who helped inspire Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, dies of COVID at the age of 100
Times launched a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system six months before Parks and other c…
Julie Gerstein
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A civil rights trailblazer who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks has her record cleared
"My name was cleared, and I'm no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82," Colvin told CBS News after he…
DeArbea Walker
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Houston's transit authority created a yellow bus-seat memorial for civil-rights activist Rosa Parks, but it drew backlash online for its 'performative activism'
Houston's main transit agency created a yellow seat to honor activist Rosa Parks, but they faced ba…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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People are saying the Tucker Carlson boycotts are a betrayal of free speech. They're wrong.
Some companies take backlash as a chance to establish a reputation as a brand that will stand by ce…
Kate Taylor
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Boycotts can be very effective even if they don't hurt sales
Starbucks sales may not be impacted by people boycotting the chain due to the company's plan to hir…
Kate Taylor
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George Santos compared himself to Rosa Parks, saying he also refuses to 'sit in the back' like some want him too
George Santos responded to criticism from colleagues like Mitt Romney, saying that like civil right…
Joshua Zitser
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A California politician sparked outrage by comparing her fight against face masks to Rosa Parks opposing segregation
Temecula councilwoman Jessica Alexander made the remarks during a remote council meeting on April 1…
Tom Porter
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White House adviser Stephen Moore has repeatedly compared those protesting coronavirus lockdowns to Rosa Parks
Protestors have railed against temporary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, which M…
Ellen Cranley
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11 iconic photos of Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after he was assassinated in Memphis
King went on to be the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Council, leading marche…
Daniel Brown
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Everything we know about Recy Taylor, the sexual assault survivor who inspired Oprah's iconic Golden Globes speech
"Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday," Winfrey said, during her speech. "S…
Áine Cain
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US government offers debt relief to 'defrauded' grads of 91 college campuses
"In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus," Heiney wrote in her article. "This soon…
Jeremy Berke
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A 21-year-old who's refusing to pay back her student loans compares her cause to Rosa Parks' fight
Prior to 2014, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. was a network of over 100 schools, and one of the largest …