At just 15-years-old, Claudette Colvin ignited the Alabama bus boycott flame, years before Rosa Parks would refuse to give up her seat. ... Monterey Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of KSBW-TV.

A member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Schneider coached at Monterey for 27 seasons. ... She was a co-captain of the Olympic team before the U.S.'s boycott of the 1980 Moscow games.

Montgomery Bus Boycotts lasted from December 5,1955, to December 26, 1956, and brought civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. to the fore.

“It was the protest that really kickstarted the civil rights movement," said Karen Gray Houston, who was 4 when her father and uncle helped lead the historic Montgomery bus boycott.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955 after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Black taxi drivers provided alternative transportation for thousands of boycotters.

We've heard about Rosa Parks and her crucial role in the Montgomery bus boycott. But Parks was just one of many women who organized for years. In this episode, those women tell their own story.

65 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus. Little did the 42-year-old know that her act would help end segregation laws in the South.

The bus is a GMC TDH transit bus that was built in 1951. It is also the exact make and model of the bus Rosa Parks rode on the day she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

65 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus. Little did the 42-year-old know that her act would help end segregation laws in the South.

65 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus. Little did the 42-year-old know that her act would help end segregation laws in the South.

65 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus. Little did the 42-year-old know that her act would help end segregation laws in the South.