The ALA usually features 10 books, but this year has 11, with four tied for eighth place. The list arrives during National ...

Three families who lost loved ones in crimes involving undocumented immigrants shared emotional testimony on Capitol Hill ...

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 ...

Certified Angus Beef will award more than $100,000 to college students pursuing careers in food and agriculture from the Colvin Scholarship Fund. Applications span three degree tracks and are open ...

Ogden/St. George — Bobby Wallace Colvin beloved son, brother, dad, uncle, grandpa, great grandpa, teacher mentor and friend passed away February 3, 2026. He was 94 years old. Bobby was born on August ...

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 ...

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 ...

Longtime children’s editor Andrea Colvin has announced the launch of an eponymous literary agency specializing in books for young readers, from picture books through new adult. Colvin is best known ...

Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin made history. As the civil rights pioneer has died at 86, we revisit the courage, complexity, and cost of her resistance and why her story was sidelined for so long ...