I didn’t buy this house to sell for a profit. I wanted to make this my home,” said Ethel R. Lawrence, who fended off ...

What do Elvis, Mr. Rogers, and Rosa Parks have in common? All have been commemorated on U.S. postage stamps due to their status as American icons. Now beloved c ...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story ...

A memorial service is planned for Thursday night at Rosa Parks Circle to honor Breonna Taylor, who was killed by police five years ago in Louisville.

We could have more information next week on Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to lead Chicago parks. On Friday, the Board of ...

Luther Keith, the civic-minded Detroit native who broke racial barriers over a 30-plus-year career with The Detroit News ...

Hazel Dukes, former president of the NAACP and longtime president of the civil rights organization’s New York chapter, has died. She was 92.

Dukes died at her New York home Saturday morning ... while her family's neighborhood included other civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks. After a year in college, Dukes and her family moved ...

The former student of Maria Carrillo High School died two days before a pair of younger Santa Rosa teenagers died following suspected drug use. Santa Rosa police on Thursday released the name of ...

A Texas child has died from measles amid an outbreak across Texas and New Mexico that has sickened more than 130 people, authorities said Wednesday. The child is the first person to die from ...

Robert John, the singer best known for the song “Sad Eyes,” died on Monday. He was 79. John’s son, Michael Pedrick, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given ...