Hezekiah Watkins was just 13 years old when he was arrested in Jackson in 1961 along with dozens of other civil rights activists. Now, there is a street in Jackson named in his honor.

When civil rights activists needed a champion, Norman Francis was there, longtime friend Edwin Lombard remembers.

Caesar Rodney, whose statue was placed in storage amid racial injustice protests in 2020, will be honored in Washington this summer.

Lynda Rehse is one of hundreds of riders, cowboys, cowgirls, muleskinners and cooks that make up this caravan of animals, cow ...

Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida ...

PITTSBURGH — The Freedom House Academy in Pittsburgh celebrated a new class of EMS graduates on Friday. The program is named after the original Freedom House Ambulance Service in the Hill District, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — “On the front lines of change.” That was the message Thursday night in Evansville as a Freedom Rider ...

Bill Boland flexed his right hand a couple of times between autograph-seekers during today's Jockeys & Jeans "Once in a Lifetime" Meet and Greet event at Tampa Bay Downs to benefit the Permanently ...

Stanley Nelson’s Emmy Award winning documentary recounts the organization, intentions and lasting influence of mostly young college students who challenged segregation in the Deep South in 1961.

February is Black History Month and Cincinnati officials are shining a spotlight on icons in the civil rights movement.On Thursday, Hamilton County Commissioners honored former Freedom Rider, Betty ...

Reagan Campbell is an intern for The Daily Signal. The House Freedom Caucus has announced the creation of a new political action committee designed to boost the fortunes of conservative candidates ...

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, once arrested in Mississippi as a Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, offered her perspective on activism. PERSON, BUT DOES NOT DETERMINE IF A CRIME ...