Grand Rapids Fire Department Fire Chief Brad Brown (left) and Batallion Chief Mark Fankhauser (right) wrap hotdogs for people ...

Grand Rapids marked its 175th anniversary with music, games and community fun at Rosa Parks Circle. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids is officially 175 years old, and to celebrate, the city threw a ...

Chicago Opera Theater’s world-premiere about the 1950s Montgomery bus boycotts tells the real story, usually a one-liner in ...

Little Caesars co-founder Marian Ilitch is one of the richest self-made women in the U.S., according to a recent Forbes list.

So now, The Root is taking a closer look at the anti-racist white heroes who were just as down for civil rights as Black ...

Newly appointed Commissioner of New York City Parks, Iris Rodriguez Rosa, joins PIX on Politics to discuss whether the city ...

She Who Dared centers the women behind the Montgomery bus boycott and the landmark case of Browder v. Gayle.

A divided Santa Rosa County Commission has opted to allow construction of a 90-unit townhouse complex off of State Road 87 in ...

Joss' childhood home, where he still lived, burned down in January. He lost all his belongings and his three dogs were killed ...

The seven impeccably cast singers are strong, each fitting superbly into the ensemble and making the most of their solo ...

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.

The Southern Queens Parks Association, park stewards at Roy Wilkins in St. Albans, are excited for the appointment of Iris ...