The Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

"It felt like Harriet Tubman's hands were pushing me down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth's hand on me pushed me down on another one. History had me glued to the seat." – Claudette Colvin

Don't Pit Rosa Parks Against Claudette Colvin – Recognize the Movement Both Shared In

by Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin

Multiple myths about Rosa Parks – that she was a reluctant and accidental crusader, or that she usurped the leadership of the younger Claudette Colvin – obscure the grassroots movement in Montgomery and the intergenerational mentorship the two women shared. 

Justice for Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer: Claudette Colvin's Juvenile Court Record Finally Expunged

by Keisha N. Blain

"Colvin was one of several Black women and girls in Alabama’s capital who defied Jim Crow laws before Parks did. She was also one of many subjected to the state-sanctioned violence that was required to sustain segregationist laws."

Lucille Times, Who Inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies at 100

“You’ve got to fight,” Mrs. Times said in 2017. “You don’t get nothing for free. I’ve been a fighter all of my days.”

Black Women's Roles in the Civil Rights Movement have been Understated -- But that's Changing

Beverly Guy-Sheftall of Spelman College discusses the public minimization of women as leaders in the 1950s and 1960s Black Freedom movements. 

Robert S. Graetz, Rare White Minister to Back Bus Boycott, Dies at 92

Robert Graetz was a rare white voice in favor of desegregation and an ally to the organizers of the Montgomery bus boycott. 

Influential Civil Rights Advocate Juanita Abernathy Dies at 88

by Chevel Johnson

Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping to build the American civil rights movement, has died.