Learn about civil rights activist Rosa Parks's early life, her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and her lasting ...

Learn about Richard "Dick" Blake, a trailblazing educator, the first Black principal at Cocoa High School, and the ...

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a true militant activist. Her ed­itorials so angered Whites in the Mem­phis, ...

People this famous would never let you anywhere near their houses when they were alive, but now you can walk right inside!

Next month will be the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington that took place on August 28, 1963. It is believed that between 200,000 and 300,000 people participated in the March. The last ...

The protests were slated to take place on Thursday, July 17, the fifth anniversary of the death of civil rights champion and ...

Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis. I was struck by the number of immigrants who were listed as “American heroes.” These were people who were born in other countries and then ...

From Detroit pizza to Coney dogs, Motor City's thriving food culture might play a part in why it's had so many restaurants ...

One year ago today, on Aug. 1, 1975 at 1:21 p.m., citizens in the City of Gold and surrounding areas were rocked by a 6.1 ...

Demonstrators turned out at two locations in Pensacola for the “Good Trouble Lives On” nationwide protest on July 17.

New Jersey has produced numerous successful women's basketball players, many of whom have competed in the WNBA. Rutgers University is a significant pipeline for WNBA talent, ranking among the top 10 ...

A secret settlement to end generations of cattle ranching in Point Reyes is displacing dozens of farmworker families, ...