Each class read a biography of Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall. They worked together to create a mural.

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - February is Black History Month, and Lynndale, Inc. in Augusta celebrated it with an event on ...

Laketran and Geauga Transit, in partnership with the NAACP of Lake County, have continued recognizing the life and legacy of ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

A song called the “Black National Anthem” begins the day at The Ralph Bunche School, P.S. 125 in Harlem. The song is just one part of the Black studies ...

Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.

“Not a single federal holiday honors a woman,” said U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio.). Beatty said designating Dec. 1 as Rosa ...

During the recent Champions of Diversity ceremony, Shannon Williams received the Rosa Parks Trailblazer Award for her tireless work and exceptional leadership in promoting diversity in Central ...