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 ...

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

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

Claudette Colvin's bravery on March 2, 1955, was a powerful testament to the spirit of resistance and the pursuit of justice. "I'm a part of the Montgomery bus boycott story," she said.

When she was 15, she was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks. Donald Trump Pulls Obnoxious Stunt As Canada Elects Its Prime Minister Ranking All-You-Can ...

If you don’t remember the name Claudette ... Colvin, now 84, was a teenager when, on March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white woman while riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

A new art installation and book in France recalls the lesser-known moment in March 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, when then 15-year-old Claudette Colvin ... the landmark bus boycott in Montgomery ...

Two months into the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Colvin, by then five months pregnant ... that this was an effort on behalf of so many unsung and unrecognized heroes. Claudette Colvin just happens to be ...

February is all about celebrating Black history, and throughout the month we'll be honoring influential African Americans whose stories you might not yet know. Some are pioneers in their field ...

Rosa Parks is a name you probably already know well, when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement and the bus boycott in Alabama. But before Parks, there was Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl that ...