Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Discover Claudette Colvin's courageous 1955 bus protest, predating Rosa Parks, in Montgomery.

If you don’t remember the name Claudette Colvin, that may be because you never heard it. That her story (and those of countless others) is not more well-known serves as a sobering reminder that ...

Many braved the cold to participate in Victorville's 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Peace March & ...

The work of people like Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X led to the passing of civil rights acts and Supreme Court rulings to end segregation. These judgments ...