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Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, pivotal figures for change, were unveiled Friday on the grounds of the Alabama…
The monuments honoring the two famed native Alabamians will be the first statues of women on the lawn of the Alabama…
The NAACP wants Building Brains Academy in Osceola County probed after a two-year-old was handcuffed during a civil rights lesson.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are continuing efforts to make Rosa Parks Day a federal holiday.
Santos compared a conversation he had with Senator Mitt Romney to Rosa Parks being told to sit in the back…
At least one textbook publisher removed mentions of Rosa Parks' race in what they called an effort to adhere to…
Political organizers say Highlander never stopped pursuing social justice and should recover the building as a stolen part of its…
A cultural preservation organization is awarding a total of $3 million in grants to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are…
Alabama State University removed the name of a KKK member from a dorm and renamed it for a leader in…
Adam Shakoor, who made history as the United States’ first Muslim to be appointed as a judge, also served as…
As the Emmett Till Antilynching Act becomes law, we owe a debt to the mother who never let us forget
As the Emmett Till Antilynching bill becomes law, I want to remember those who were critical to ensuring Till’s death…
A California woman had a Rosa Parks experience last month on a Delta Airlines flight when she was asked to…
The beloved 'Reading Rainbow' host addressed the current censorship battle in a skit for 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'
LaKeesha Morrison told theGrio that the response to her "Black History is American History" exhibit "has been nothing but positive."
The Detroit Pistons have teamed with the estate of Rosa Parks as part of the organization’s Black History Month celebration.
Not only was Dickerson the first Black man to win the title, he was also the first openly gay Mr.…
A man was kicked off a United flight for wearing women's underwear as a mask and then compared himself to…
Colvin refused to give her bus seat to a White person on March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks…
Claudette Colvin's fight to remove arrest records from protesting 70 years ago could lead to more expungements for activists.
A legal team representing Colvin says it plans to file paperwork to have the now-82-year-old woman's arrest from 1955 expunged.