The city of Lakeland is changing Webster Park to make it her namesake. Members of the Lakeland Chapter of the NAACP, ...

The Michigan high school seniors are the latest recipients of scholarships honoring civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

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 ...

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 ...