Rosa Parks was actively involved in civil rights work long before the famous bus incident. She joined the NAACP in 1943. McDonalds Black History Month - 360Wise ...

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.

An effort in Congress to honor Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks could make Dec. 1 a new federal holiday. Members of the ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell has introduced legislation to create a federal holiday honoring civil rights pioneer Rosa ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

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Korematsu received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1998. He died in 2005 at age 86 ...

Honor’s collaboration with Porsche Design is expanding to the Magic 7 series. After launching the Magic 7 Pro in the UK and Europe, the company has announced the availability and price of the ...

Pope Francis is the third pope to be awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor and the second to receive the award with distinction. Other religious leaders ...

Not only is King featured in the image, but civil rights icon Rosa Parks makes an appearance as well...and it’s sexually suggestive. Morris Chestnut Tells Us What Song Always Gets Him to the ...

During the ceremony, the Bidens were presented with the Army’s Distinguished Public Service Medal, which is bestowed ... bands and exercises to honor the outgoing president is an ongoing tradition.