Visitors to the Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University can learn about her decades of activism before and after that fateful day in 1955.

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong boycott of ...

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 ...

Kerry Washington has been celebrating Black History Month in the best way. Throughout the month of February, the Scandal star has been making good use of her wigs, makeup and props teams by ...

Ashland is celebrating Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement who took a stand by keeping her seat. 70 years ago, Rosa Parks stood against discrimination by refusing to give up her ...

When I was about 5 years old, my mother informed me that I shared the same birthday with Rosa Parks. I was homeschooled, and I can still remember sitting at my little desk near the kitchen, looking at ...

Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. Rosa Parks’ refusal on a Montgomery bus is the ...

UP IN THAT SEVEN DAY FORECAST. THANK YOU ERIC. WELL, LOUISVILLE’S FOURTH DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH BUS TOURS. COUNCILMAN KEN HERNDON IS SPONSORING WEEKLY TOURS EVERY SATURDAY ...

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 ...

Rosa Parks. Halle Berry. Tina Turner. These three Black women and many others share a common holistic approach to finding peace: practicing yoga. Holistic wellness in the Black community dates back to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During Black History Month, sharing wise words from changemakers, thought leaders, trailblazers, and ...

Before Rosa Parks, there was a veteran riding on a bus through Durham who took a stand against racist Jim Crow laws - but he did not survive his action. Before Rosa Parks, there was a veteran riding ...