Claudette Colvin, a civil rights champion arrested for not giving up her bus seat for a White woman in 1955, has died at the age of 86, her family and foundation announced Tuesday. "It is with ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86. Her death ...

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand. By Clay Risen ...

For the second year in a row, SEPTA has honored Rosa Parks with the Route 38 bus decorated in roses and a reserved seat inside. The cutout of Parks will stay on the bus from Feb. 4, what would have ...

A judge is expected to rule as early as Tuesday on whether a confession from a Hialeah teenager accused of killing his mother can be used as evidence at trial. Attorneys for 15-year-old Derek Rosa are ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A teacher who told year six children that Rosa Parks "did not exist" and that Martin Luther King was guilty of plagiarism has been banned. Patrick Lawler, 62, was found to have brought the teaching ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. Santa Rosa residents should expect to see a wave of construction activity in the new year as the city breaks ground on several major and long-planned public works ...