When we think of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, many iconic figures come to mind: Martin Luther King Jr., ...

In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly ...

There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal was a protest about racism against black people. Racism is when someone ...

It has been a long, strange journey for the small clapboard house where civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks once ... port of call for Parks after she fled death threats in her home state of Alabama.