The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond lived in the Detroit flat from 1961 until 1988. The flat's owner sought the historic ...

On December 1, 1955, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Now 64 years to the date, the Milwaukee Country Transit System honors the Presidential Medal ...

Five Long Island students were among six recipients statewide of the "highest honors" designation at this year's New York ...

Za’Darius Smith, a three-time Pro Bowler with the NFL, is looking to try his luck at NASCAR’s premier level, albeit in a ...

Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner comes at a uniquely challenging time for the United States, the organization's president says.

The first passenger seat in each bus will be off limits, marked with a commemorative sign for Rosa Parks, who was arrested after refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to her final days, has died.

The Rosa Parks Collection of 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs are available to researchers at the Library of Congress on Feb. 4 and a portion will be open to the public on March 2.

Thank you, Rosa, for being a true role model, because your efforts made way for positive change in this society. Thank you, Google for remembering her. Some behaviors are worth honoring.

1922—Samuel L. Gravely is born. Gravely became the first African Amer­ican admiral in the United States Navy and the first ...