CHP officers, then sheriff’s deputies were called over concerns about what turned out to be the “Astronomy Night” event — the ...

Grand Rapids Fire Department Fire Chief Brad Brown (left) and Batallion Chief Mark Fankhauser (right) wrap hotdogs for people ...

Grand Rapids marked its 175th anniversary with music, games and community fun at Rosa Parks Circle. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids is officially 175 years old, and to celebrate, the city threw a ...

Chicago Opera Theater’s world-premiere about the 1950s Montgomery bus boycotts tells the real story, usually a one-liner in ...

Little Caesars co-founder Marian Ilitch is one of the richest self-made women in the U.S., according to a recent Forbes list.

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

Attendees will also be able to check out an exhibit called “175 Moments in History,” a compilation of 175 images from Grand ...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie torpedoed a bipartisan bill that would have commemorated the horrific Oct. 7, 2023 attack on ...

Newly appointed Commissioner of New York City Parks, Iris Rodriguez Rosa, joins PIX on Politics to discuss whether the city ...

The Windsor Town Council OK’d continuing funding for the Windsor Day Parade and keeping current hours for the senior center ...

She Who Dared centers the women behind the Montgomery bus boycott and the landmark case of Browder v. Gayle.

But one of the most revered is Rosa Parks, the godmother of the movement. The civil rights icon served as a catalyst for social justice demonstrations when in 1955 she refused to give up her seat for ...