Upper Manhattan residents and workers claiming that parking is harder to come by after the controversial rollout of ...

What began as Negro History Week — established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 — evolved into Black History ...

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

Over the years, I’ve heard a number of accusations about myself, ranging from I am allegedly brainwashing North Korean ...

Easter Sunday falls on April 20 in 2025 leaving limited options for an Easter ski holiday this winter. While some ...

1908— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is incorporated. The Black Greek-let­ter organization was actually found­ed, however, on Dec. 4, 1906. The “brothers of the black and gold” have included as members a ...

In 1955, Rosa Parks, who was black, refused to give up her seat at the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama ... In 1990, then-leader of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, lifted the government’s ban on the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the first time, the NFTA is honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a seat in her name on all 300+ buses and paratransit. On every NFTA bus, a sign now marks a seat for Rosa Parks. It was ...

When bus number 2857 was retired and sold, employees told the buyer Roy H. Summerford it was Rosa Parks’ bus. He kept it in a field, and after he passed away, his daughter Vivian and her husband ...

TARC is saving a seat on every bus in its fleet to honor Rosa Parks and her contribution to the civil rights movement.Each reserved seat will feature a sign reminding passengers of how Parks ...

That began to change on Dec. 1, 1955 — 70 years ago next December — when one woman on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus decided she had had enough of segregation and Jim Crow laws. Rosa Parks ...

standing by the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Another statue commemorates Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama ...