Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond lived in the Detroit flat from 1961 until 1988. The flat's owner sought the historic ...

A Detroit City Council committee took a step on Thursday toward officially recognizing the former longtime flat of civil ...

The Rosa Parks Collection of 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs are available to researchers at the Library of Congress on Feb. 4 and a portion will be open to the public on March 2.

Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead ...

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Struggling to contain racial tensions, Bloomington High School in spring 1970 faced protests by students and teachers, ...

Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the Episcopal Church, was an advocate for women’s rights and racial ...

The former Detroit home of the late civil rights activist Rosa Parks has been approved for a local historic district ...

Rosa Parks, who was already active in the Civil Rights Movement, became known for her refusal to follow the Jim Crow-era laws in Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, she refused to give up her seat ...

Thank you, Rosa, for being a true role model, because your efforts made way for positive change in this society. Thank you, Google for remembering her. Some behaviors are worth honoring.

More than 175 Democratic members of Congress are filing an amicus brief on Thursday opposing the Trump administration's ...