NAPA, Calif. (KRON) — The rainbow flag is recognized around the world as a symbol of LGBTQ+ social movements. The colorful banner is the creation of a San Francisco man. The artist behind the flag and ...

The Juneteenth flag, created by activist Ben Haith in 1997, has become a symbol to celebrate Black emancipation in the US. The flag features 3 symbols — a five-point star, a bursting star, and an arc ...

A woman who helped create the first rainbow flags is coming forward to tell her story and ensure her involvement, and that of another artist, is not lost to history. The now iconic six-colored rainbow ...

Less than six months after the Civil War ended, federal military officers were joined by freed former slaves in celebrating the war's conclusion by marching from Morgan Square to a spring near where ...

On August 19, 1999, transgender activist Monica Helms had a dream. When she woke up, she had with a design in mind clear as the day. Half-asleep, she sketched out the idea for the transgender flag a ...

Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker was born in Chanute, Kansas, and went on to change the way the whole world looked. The photo above was taken in Ireland in 2011. Gilbert Baker left Kansas as soon as ...

I tell my kids and my grandkids all the time. Gilbert changed world when it is seeing people know exactly what it is, I think, between the swirling lights and the colors. But most importantly, he ...