There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

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

Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.

On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, ...

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?

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

A memorial service to the civil rights campaigner is being held at Bristol Cathedral today. | ITV News West Country ...

On Feb. 3, 1956, Autherine Lucy made history by attending her first class at the University of Alabama, almost four years ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in 1955 and was a civil rights protest ... In September 1963, white supremacists bombed the ...