Montgomery Bus Boycott

A Montgomery nonprofit is set to unveil a new mural in the city on Sunday related to Civil and Voter rights events. The ACLU of Alabama will also hold a voter engagement rally as part of its campaign to get more Alabamians registered to cast a ballot.

The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue honoring civil rights legend Rosa Parks at Legacy Plaza, across from the Legacy Museum in downtown Montgomery.The sculpture of Mrs. Parks is the first of three statues that will be erected in Legacy Plaza in the coming months.

Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The third of the Kings' four children, Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery.

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…