It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...

Claudette Colvin co-wrote the book, about bus boycotts and a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with ...

A community gathering was held yesterday [March 3] to mark the stand taken by Claudette Colvin in Alabama in 1955. A spokesperson said, “On March 2, 1955 a 15-year-old high school student riding ...

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday at the age of 92. Dukes peacefully passed away in her New York City home ...

Claudette Colvin In Black history ... branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was carefully selected to play the courageous role that she did on Dec ...

When she was 15, she was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks. USPS Announces Changes To First-Class Mail, Other Services Lester Holt to step down as ...

ST. LOUIS – The head of St. Louis’ NAACP is speaking out after a federal dismissal of complaints against St. Louis regional schools. “Basically saying they were dismissing our complaint in ...

Emotions ran high at the 56th NAACP Image Awards as Ebony Obsidian, best known for her role as Karen on “Tyler Perry’s Sistas,” took home not one, but two prestigious awards. The rising star ...

Gov. Hochul once dubbed Hazel Dukes, the venerable leader of New York State’s NAACP chapter, “my mom on Earth.” But Dukes and her board said Tuesday they are “profoundly disturbed” over ...

While some of its leaders are familiar, Walter White — NAACP head from 1929 to 1955 and one of America’s most influential Black men — has been all but forgotten. This film traces the ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris received a hero’s welcome at the NAACP Image Awards over the weekend. And when given center stage, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee issued warnings ...

After several months out of the public spotlight, Harris stepped onto the stage at the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday in the Los Angeles-area to accept the NAACP’s Chairman's Award.