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.

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

Janesville Transit is recognizing Rosa Parks this week as a civil rights icon and public transit rider.  Transit Director ...

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

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.

Members of Bus Riders of Roanoke Advocacy Group — or BRRAG, for short — shared Jumper’s story on Tuesday, in celebration of ...