Nashville's Black Market returns Friday with dozens of Black artists and creators, plus a special performance by the 69 Boyz.

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

She was a civil rights pioneer who exposed racial injustice and embodied liberty. Her legacy defines the true spirit of July ...

Seeing Children," beloved children’s books are highlighted by the artist best known for story quilts, paintings, sculptures, more.

1922—Samuel L. Gravely is born. Gravely became the first African Amer­ican admiral in the United States Navy and the first ...

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

It traces black history in Ireland as far back as the Viking and Roman eras, through to the presence of African American GIs ...

Parks wanted to present a balanced view of black families, says Karen Haas, curator of the new exhibit. “This family seems like a very hopeful example,” she says.

With disability rights under attack, movement leaders are meeting the moment by building better systems rooted in equity, inclusion, and justice for all.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's mother told him that patience sometimes is a virtue, and sometimes it is a detriment. When it comes ...

On December 1, 1955, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Now 64 years to the date, the Milwaukee Country Transit System honors the Presidential Medal ...

GRTC has long conducted a tribute to Parks during Black History Month in February, but this is the first year the transit system is doing so on the day of her arrest, said Carrie Rose-Pace, a GRTC ...