It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...

On March 16, 1802, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

What do Elvis, Mr. Rogers, and Rosa Parks have in common? All have been commemorated on U.S. postage stamps due to their status as American icons. Now beloved c ...

With Palm Beach County's 45-mile Atlantic shoreline, there are lots of beautiful beaches. Here is a guide to local points of ...

A Bay Area artist in Richmond has been stealthily building and placing fairy houses around his neighborhood. His creations ...

In April, Newberry voters will choose who they want to fill two commission seats, with two candidates running in each race.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was 77 when she visited Yakima in late February 1990. The civil rights legend had shared her story widely since Dec. 1, 1955, when she was arrested and jailed for ...

Grand Rapids community gathers at Rosa Parks Circle to honor Breonna Taylor with a memorial featuring a dove release.

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an ...

Let's go to America, in 1955, to Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama. There, when a woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a bus journey became very important. Rosa's refusal ...

His protest was both a rejection of the idea that human life is expendable and an acknowledgment that, for so many, it ...