Two powerful documentaries explore different aspects of Black history this week, in each case shedding light on misrepresented or under-covered chapters. Presented by Barack Obama’s company under its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old was headed home from her job as a seamstress at Montgomery Fair department store in her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosa Parks’ quotes reflect a lifelong commitment to justice, not just one historic moment. Each quote is paired with context that ...

Rosa Parks Day would mark the first federal holiday to honor a Black woman, or any woman, period, in American history. The Rosa Parks Day Act, a bill that would make Dec. 1, the date Rosa Parks was ...

Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress and local activist, refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama, public bus on this day in history, Dec. 1, 1955.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Rosa Parks is, of course, known for her iconic protest that helped ignite the modern Civil Rights movement. Saturday, the museum that bears her name commemorated another ...

As part of Black History month, Massachusetts has become the ninth state to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks with a day in her honor. Governor Maura Healey earlier this month designated Feb. 4 as ...