The Rock County Clerk’s election page also lists area polling places for the general election on Tuesday, April 7, organized ...

Patsy Jean Abernathy, 92, formerly of Jackson, died March 19 in Cape Girardeau; no services by request, with interment at Russell Heights Cemetery under Ford and Sons’ care. Patsy Jean Abernathy, 92, ...

Patsy Jones Mathews was born in Falkner, Mississippi on March 29, 1940, and died peacefully in her sleep on February 3, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was preceded in death by her father, Lydle ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAFF) - February celebrates Black History Month, which is a time to honor the contributions, achievements, and central role of Black people in history, and also a time to honor the ...

Phillip Hoose is the author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, which received the 2009 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and a Newbery Honor. Here, Hoose pays tribute to the ...

KENMORE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Colvin Cleaners is launching a new era by opening a dedicated headquarters for its Gowns for Prom program in the Village of Kenmore, giving students throughout Western New York ...

For one of her closest family members, the passing of Claudette Colvin at 86 brings home a point about the older generation of civil rights activists. "I think if we pass the baton then the young ...

The pioneering photographer André Kertész is the subject of a new book by Patricia Albers. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed. On a March day in 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin boarded a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Under Jim Crow ...

When I read the news of civil rights activist Claudette Colvin passing away this month, I looked at a list of other civil rights visionaries who have died who were, like Colvin, not as well known.

Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights. A portrait of American civil rights activist ...

Claudette Colvin was remembered at her funeral Saturday as a hero in life, and not just for her stance against Montgomery's segregation rules from the mid-1950s when she was just a teenager. Colvin ...