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If you’ve been on the lookout for some truly inspiring reads for the young girls (and boys) in your life, you’ve come to ...
John Dempster meets a woman not afraid to speak out for the causes she believes in and those she wants to help.
These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...
Speaking at Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre, Abdul-Jabbar reflected on his path into social justice activism as a young ...
The opera spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music infused with sounds of gospel, ...
Maine artist Robert Shetterly said the late Albany civil rights leader epitomized his two-decade portrait project, “Americans ...
What Is the Butterfly Effect, Really? You’ve probably heard the phrase: A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil and sets off a ...
Historian Jeanne Theoharis joins us for an in-depth discussion about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, a major reexamination of his ...
After Lisa was criticized for her Louis Vuitton look at the 2025 Met Gala, a rep for its artist told 'Vulture' that Rosa Parks' face was not on her panties.
BLACKPINK singer Lisa was called out for her Met Gala look after she appeared to feature civil rights activist Rosa Parks in the pelvic area of her bodysuit, but now, the artist who helped design ...
Often hailed as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Rosa Parks became a national icon in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. Born in 1913 in ...
As an attorney for Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther ... “Seventy years ago right here in Montgomery, Alabama, the first Civil Rights Movement began," Gray said. "We didn’t know it ...