Rosa Parks has been gone for nearly 20 years. Her legacy lives on, and now the City of Detroit wants to ensure her longtime ...

A local historic designation would protect the flat from demolition or major outward changes without city approval. A public hearing is planned.

Four short years after the recognition of a holiday commemorating freedom, it feels like Black people are less free.

Among the less recognizable buildings slated for potential sale were several bearing the names of civil rights leaders, ...

Grace Zhang, a Jericho eighth-grader, earned second place in ARTEFFECT, a national competition held by the Lowell Milken ...

A woman may have committed arguably one of the most embarrassing faux pas in public transit history after not paying attention to where she sat. Nola (@nolagordon) shared a pair of Snapchat photos she ...

On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read to ...

Alabama officially recognizes Juneteenth as a state holiday, prompting statewide celebrations. Multiple events are planned ...

Community members attended a training on legally documenting ICE activity, emphasizing lawful actions and civil rights protection.

The recent death of President John Tyler’s grandchild reminds us that the past seems distant but it’s closer than it appears, former history instructor. Bazemore, Jr. writes ...

With its winding, crowd-free streets, baroque palazzos and exquisite Ligurian cuisine, this Cinque Terre stopover deserves to ...