Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Legislation proposes Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day, honoring the civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

The event was seen as a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement, as protests followed the killers' acquittal in court ...

So, let's take a look at the 10 people most important to the Chiefs' dynastic run ahead of Kansas City's pursuit of even more history. There is no Chiefs dynasty if the Buffalo Bills don't allow ...

In 1963, he led the city's bus boycott, rallying thousands to stand ... for protesting against their policy of not serving black people. You can read more on that below. The magistrate threw ...

Target is facing calls for a national boycott beginning Saturday over its ... and inclusion by putting profits and politics over people," Armstrong said. Target announced last Friday that it ...

But the day before, Parks’ activist friends had gotten busy organizing a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system. The day after Parks’ conviction, the city’s Black community carpooled ...

Her words, her attitude and her approach to this have been very, very important. I’m still grateful and thankful to her. ‘Finding out you have dementia is difficult news,’ he says, ‘but what’s ...

When Highlander was first established, it focused on labor education and organizing unemployed and working people ... for the Civil Rights Movement. Important civil rights actions, such as the ...