Paul Stephenson was born in Rochford, Essex, in 1937 to a mixed-heritage English mother and a West African father. He moved ...
Julz Davis is inspired by Martin Luther King in his agitating and provocations, and as being a catalyst for positive social change ...
the civil rights pioneer who led the Bristol Bus Boycott and helped pave the way for Britain’s first Race Relations Act. Stephenson, who passed away in November at the age of 87, was remembered ...
A new series of bus routes are due to launch in Bristol as part of changes to the bus network in April. Three new services will be introduced, to be run by FirstBus, including a service long ...
Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...
The act of resistance against racial segregation set in motion a massive bus boycott that impacted public transit and advanced the Civil Rights movement. After Parks died in 2005, Metro said it ...
Often recognized as part of the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Black leaders celebrated ... move to the back of a Montgomery bus, igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott that ultimately led to the ...
Parks sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her legacy in DC goes beyond desegregation—she was a frequent visitor to the city ...
Meanwhile, Green Party MP Siân Berry questioned whether there are plans to "carry out a review of the eligibility criteria for bus passes for disabled people". Sheffield Central MP Ms Mohamed ...
Nearly 70 years ago, events would take place that cemented themselves in the storied history of Tallahassee and were a ...
At about the same time, an African-American woman named Rosa Parks was arrested, sparking a protest campaign that would go down in history as the Montgomery bus boycott — another key moment in ...