Throughout history, Black communities have used economic boycotts as a powerful tool for resistance, empowerment and social change. Boycotts have served as a means to protest racial injustice, ...

Among the displays is an exhibit on the Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953. Past visitors raved about the Capitol Park Museum and said you'll need to devote at least half a day to see all the exhibits.

He had been asked to lead the local Black community in a boycott of the city’s racially ... protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana on July ...

But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...

In 1963, he led the city's bus boycott, rallying thousands to stand against the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to hire Black or Asian drivers. The boycott's victory helped pave the way for the ...

Union workers in Baton Rouge are threatening a potential strike to CATS unless contracts can be negotiated, potentially ...

Days after voting overwhelmingly in favor of a walkout, dozens of Baton Rouge's unionized bus system workers protested a CATS ...

The act of resistance against racial segregation set in motion a massive bus boycott that impacted public transit and advanced the Civil Rights movement. After Parks died in 2005, Metro said it ...

Parks sparked the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her legacy in DC goes beyond desegregation—she was a frequent visitor to the city ...