There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

During a federal appeals hearing, lawyers for the former Ohio House speaker said what prosecutors called the largest public ...

Black History Month means something different for every American. For some, it means remembering ancestors who suffered on ...

Emmanuel George holds a deck of Black Broward Flashcards that he created to celebrate and educate about the county’s rich Black history. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com Not everyone in Broward knows ...

MIAMI - On game nights, Traz Powell Stadium pulses with an energy unmatched in South Florida high school football. Dubbed ...

The arrival of a women’s tackle football team in Paterson is a victory for DEI because it provides opportunities for ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection ...

King employed nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in his campaigns. He organized peaceful protests, boycotts, and marches to to racial injustice.

Police said one person was shot in the parking lot of a KFC near Jefferson Street and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard outside of ...