The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for everyone on Tuesday in remembrance of ...

“Not a single federal holiday honors a woman,” said U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio.). Beatty said designating Dec. 1 as Rosa ...

Metro Denver residents can ride Regional Transportation District buses and trains for free on Tuesday as part of Transit ...

Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resonates strongly. The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection, along with ...

It took several years of advocacy and Darcangelo’s work paid off when lawmakers passed a bill in December making every Feb. 4 Rosa Parks Day ... by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “A lot ...

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.

In 1955 in the US, radio stations were playing Bill Haley's hit "Rock Around the Clock" around the clock, Billy Wilder's romantic comedy "The Seven Year Itch" starring Marilyn Monroe premiered in New ...

Celebrating the life and legacy of the nation’s “drum major for justice” was the focus of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration ... Caldwell referring to Rosa Parks, a civil rights ...

Rosa Parks, age 42, was commuting home from ... They elected a 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. — a newcomer to the area and the pastor of a small Black church — as their leader.

Rev. Milford L. Griner, president and founder of Gainesville’s Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee (RPQCC), also took the ...