Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested for her act of "civil disobedience," sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her courageous act of protest is considered the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement. #RosaParks #RosaParksDay #TheMarchContinues | Black HistoryStudies

5.1K views · 733 reactions | Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Steven Reed, took office today. This historic moment for the city, which served as the first capital of the pro-slavery Confederacy, comes after its long, violent history of lynchings & systemic racism toward African Americans. | POLITICO | Facebook

🌴🎖🐓P St Vibes Bloody Sunday refers to a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that took place on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama. John Lewis, who was a young activist at the time and later became a U.S. Congressman, played a key role in leading a peaceful march for voting rights. That day, about 600 protesters, including Lewis and other leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), attempted to march from Selma