Most Americans know of Rosa Parks, but few have heard of Claudette Colvin ... too controversial to be a catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott,… ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

Though we’re often told teenagers are no more than immature, hormone-addled adolescents, history tells a different story.

In his Commencement address at Wesleyan’s 193rd Commencement Ceremony, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy ...

The City of Tallahassee and Leon County commemorated the 69th anniversary of the 1956 bus boycott, sparked by FAMU students, Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson.

The People's Union USA, led by John Schwarz, is organizing a second Walmart boycott from May 20-26. The boycott is in response to Walmart and other corporations rolling back diversity, equity and ...

Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and kept a busy schedule of civil rights activism up to her final days, has died. She was 97.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Auburn woman is behind bars on charges that she fatally shot a woman in Montgomery Saturday evening, according to court documents. The Montgomery Police Department and ...

Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who had been left inside a car, officials said Friday. Officers and paramedics were called to a residence ...

Last week, Bryant declared that the 40-day fast has officially become a boycott of indefinite length. He compared the effort to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955, which lasted 13 months and ...

Montgomery County Public Schools is toughening its penalties for bomb threats, attacks on staff and other misbehavior by students, district officials said. Bomb threats, for example, could soon ...