This illustrated article from USHistory.org explains Rosa Parks' role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and introduces Martin Luther King, Jr. (who was at that time a "little-known minister"), and his colleague Ralph Abernathy.
Learn more about the boycott and its place in the civil rights movement in this online special published by the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper.
For high-school and college students, this encyclopedia article from King Research and Education Institute offers hyperlinks to related articles, a complete bibliography for offline research, and a gallery of primary source documents.
Kids for King is an educational initiative created by the Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial. This particular article for high school students presents an overview of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, followed by discussion questions.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about the Montgomery bus boycott.
This companion website to the PBS four-part television series (of the same name) does not cover the Freedom Riders themselves, but rather provides excellent background to the times leading up to the Sixties.
Visit for short bios of the "Players" which include the Freedom Riders, civic rights leaders, and key government figures and a timeline of important events.
"How Far Would You Go?" is an interactive lesson that takes you step-by-step on a virtual Freedom Ride.
Freedom Rides: Recollections by David Fankhauser
Facing History offers a downloadable student guide titled Democracy in Action, a gallery of film excerpts, and a short intro to the PBS film Freedom Riders.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about the Freedom Riders.
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was one of the best-known abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born a slave in New York in approximately 1797, she was freed in 1828.
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