Uncover astonishing historical events that are often omitted from traditional education, revealing the hidden narratives that ...

The movement’s dismissal of Colvin — still very much alive, at 85 — in favor of Parks is usually a one-liner in history books, if that. “She Who Dared” elevates it to the status of a ...

Riders can ride at no charge on all RTA buses, streetcars, and ferries. On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in ...

On June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which he read , officially announcing enslaved people were free.

We all know about civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who on Dec. 1, 1955, defiantly refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white passenger as the Jim Crow laws at the time decreed.

The holiday, which falls on June 19, commemorates the historic day when more than 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston Bay, Texas, finally gained their freedom on June 19, 1865—two and a half years ...

Article courtesy of NewsOne.com  Juneteenth, now a federally recognized holiday, commemorates June19, 1865—the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas,finally learned they were free, more ...