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.
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. Among the rights protected are freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable search. In 1941, in celebration of the anniversary of th
The Bill of Rights Institute is a non-profit whose goal is to "educate young people about the words and ideas of America's Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles affect and shape a free society.
"Help restore the Bill of Rights.
Visit the Illinois First Amendment Center to explore the five freedoms provided by the First Amendment: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.
"Although twelve amendments were originally proposed, the ten that were ratified became the Bill of Rights in 1791.
Can you match the amendment number to the rights they guarantee? First read through the amendment synopses by clicking on "list of terms used in the activity," then try your hand at this Concentration-style memory game created by Nancy Mull.
On December 1, 1955, African-American Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger. One year later, on December 20, 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregated bus seating illegal. During that year, the forty-two yea
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