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

Robb Pitts, Chairman Fulton County Board of Commissioners Do you shop at Target or Dollar General? Drink Coke or Pepsi? Have ...

Walk through Alabama’s Civil Rights Trail, from Montgomery to Selma, and experience the landmarks that shaped America’s path ...

Although several new countries emerged from the debris of the First World War, the Imperial powers especially France and ...

When we reflect on the trajectory of history, one undeniable truth surfaces: women have played a pivotal role in shaping our ...

Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

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.

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