Montgomery Bus Boycott

Saturday, 30 September 2023

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4 in 5 Black adults see racist depictions in the news either often or sometimes, ...

Dothan Eagle 30 Sep 2023

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'Montgomery Bus Boycott' speech ... addressed thousands of people who were part of the subsequent boycott of the Montgomery bus system ... Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘The Montgomery Bus Boycott’ ... addressed thousands of people who were part of the subsequent boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama.

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American Despotism: The Great Upheaval Over Race Begins

The American Spectator 29 Sep 2023

Roughly three months after Till was killed, the Montgomery bus boycott began when Rosa Parks refused to stand up for a white man on the city bus ... Since 75 percent of the riders on the Montgomery bus system were black, a boycott could cripple the system.

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On Yom Kippur, New York Times Turns to BDS Advocate as Antisemitism Expert

The Algemeiner 26 Sep 2023

... ethical response to an illegal and brutal occupation.” In 2021, she published a piece endorsing the BDS movement and its “right of return” to Israel for Palestinians, likening the BDS movement to the Montgomery bus boycott during the US Civil rights movement.

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'Rustin' puts a spotlight on a undersung civil rights hero

News-Press Now 19 Sep 2023

TORONTO — Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington, who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama "Rustin." ... "I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble," Rustin once said ... He was a central planner of the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott ... .

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May Men Learn to Replace Bitterness and Violence with Love, Love, Love, Love

Common Dreams 18 Sep 2023

At a memorial, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson enjoined us to recognize "the whole truth about our past...We have to own even the darkest (parts), and vow never to repeat them." ... It was an apt symbol ... That Sept ... Months after George Wallace's "Segregation forever" and in the wake of the Montgomery bus boycott, Birmingham’s Rev ... On Aug ... Rev.

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Mahalia inspired MLK at March on Washington speech

Victoria Advocate 17 Sep 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. (bottom right) listens to gospel singer Mahalia Jackson during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Photo published by Missouri Independent, courtesy of The AP ... Martin Luther King Jr ... King asked her if she could support his work there by singing and inspiring civil rights activists during the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Mahalia inspired MLK during March on Washington speech

Longview News-Journal 17 Sep 2023

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Faith of A Mustard Seed

Nashville Pride 15 Sep 2023

We have previously looked at the ‘Assault on the Waterfront of Montgomery’ which has sparked both national and international attention, even if only by means of “The ... As an outgrowth of the Montgomery bus boycott, protest movements had sprung up in numerous cities across the South.

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‘Rustin’ puts a spotlight on a undersung civil rights hero

Wtop 13 Sep 2023

TORONTO (AP) — Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and primary architect of the 1963 March on Washington, who often worked tirelessly out of the limelight, takes center stage in the new Netflix drama “Rustin.” ... “He had a brain that was organizationally astonishing ... It’s like ... He was a central planner of the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott.

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Prime Stage Theatre to host open auditions for upcoming season

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 10 Sep 2023

... Conomos are seeking actors from age 13 to adults of all ethnicities and races for shows including “Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott,” “And Then They Came For Me.

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'History cannot be unlived'

The Philadelphia Tribune 10 Sep 2023

On Aug. 26, three African Americans were murdered at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, by a 21-year-old white gunman who then shot himself ... Yet in December of that same year, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the civil rights movement that transformed America.

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Jeff Robbins: New biography highlights Dr. King's enduring legacy

The Joplin Globe 08 Sep 2023

Setting the stage for the recounting of King’s role in leading the boycott against Montgomery, Alabama’s ... Rosa Parks, the quiet seamstress who in refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus sparked the boycott intended to bury slavery’s legacy for good, told a historian.

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Rosa Parks and Helen Keller statues closer to reality at Alabama Capitol

The Gadsden Times 08 Sep 2023

Parks, whose arrest on a Montgomery city bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the modern civil rights movement, will be depicted stepping onto a platform facing North Bainbridge Street ... Parks’ arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and kicked off the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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“People Forget The Montgomery Bus Boycott Lasted Over A Year”: Ava DuVernay On Strikes, Making History At Venice And Her Urgent New Film

Vogue 07 Sep 2023

Origin is, in many ways, a culmination of all that’s come before ... (Origin was made outside of the studio system, in just 37 days.) Inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s seminal non-fiction bestseller Caste ... But then, she’s hit by two personal tragedies ... So much ... But, people forget that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for over a year ... .

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Ava DuVernay on Strikes, Making History at Venice, and Her Urgent New Film, Origin

Vogue 07 Sep 2023

Origin is, in many ways, a culmination of all that’s come before ... (Origin was made outside of the studio system, in just 37 days.) Inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s seminal non-fiction bestseller *Caste ... But then, she’s hit by two personal tragedies ... Vogue ... But, people forget that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for over a year ... .