In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Opera Exposures presents "The Story of Elizabeth Jennings: 100 Years Before Rosa Parks" at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on Sunday, January 14, ...

Elizabeth (Betty) A. Jennings, 84, of Worcester, passed away Saturday November 30, 2019 at Meadowood Senior Living. She was the wife of the late Harry T. Jennings, Jr. Born March 8, 1935 in the ...

One immediately arrived, but it was full. When Jennings flatly refused to leave the whites-only trolley that she had boarded, she was bodily ejected. She sued the company for damages and won in 1855 — ...

For many, the civil rights movement began with Rosa Parks’ brave stand against segregation in 1954. However, few people realize that the right for African Americans to even ride in streetcars was ...

Oct. 26, 2005 — -- Elizabeth Jennings is running her first New York City Marathon in honor of her father, ABC News anchor Peter Jennings. Jennings died Aug. 7 of lung cancer at his home in New ...

Left to right: Elizabeth Jennings Graham, Helen Rodríguez Trías, Billie Holiday, and Katherine Walker (all photos via Wikimedia, collage by Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic) New York City’s Department of ...

Preface: Unheralded labors -- Good old New York stock -- The wizard of Whipple City -- Slavery in the Empire City -- Bold men of color -- Sisters in struggle -- Zack comes to town -- City of omnibuses ...

Helen Elizabeth Jennings Forbes (Betsy) beloved wife of Otis K Forbes died peacefully December 16, 2023 after battling diabetes for 30 + years. A Pittsburgh native (born July 27, 1962), Betsy moved to ...

Carolina One Real Estate is pleased to announce that four new real estate Sales Associates have chosen to partner with the company in three of the company’s fifteen local tri-county offices. New to ...

BARBARA ELIZABETH JENNINGS Barbara Elizabeth Jennings, age 87, of Valparaiso, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 14, 2007. She was born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania on February 18, ...