The City Council of Birmingham appears to be wrestling with the issue of permitting short-term rentals (think VRBO and Airbnb ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

Rep. Terri Sewell today described her proposed holiday as counter measure to what she called an attack on diversity and Black history by President Donald Trump’s administration.

On what would have been Rosa Parks' 112th birthday, U.S. Representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama, Joyce M. Beatty of Ohio, ...

Rosa Parks is known for being a civil rights icon. But did you know that she was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on Feb. 4, 1913?

ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...

After completing a Diploma in Youth and Community Work in Birmingham, he was appointed as a youth worker by Bristol City Council. In 1963, he led the city's bus boycott, rallying thousands to ...