In Baker’s newly translated 1949 memoir, “Fearless and Free,” the boundary-breaking performer does not hold back on her ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was emotional as she stood in front of a historical ...

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Black History Month is a month of education and awareness, a time to commemorate leaders and significant figures in this black history. It is celebratory and it is triumphant, but it is also a ...

Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

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ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

Rosa Parks would have turned 112 this weekend. Twenty years after her death, her legacy in the face of Jim Crow laws and her dedication to non-violent civil rights change is continuing to be honored.

MARYLAND (DC News Now) — To honor and celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, the Montgomery County Maryland ... Her actions also led to legal challenges to the segregation law which ...

New laws being introduced by Labour to crack down on water company pollution won’t protect National Parks from toxic sewage spills, campaigners have warned. On Tuesday, MPs will hold their final ...