Kennedy pushed civil rights on many fronts. He ordered his attorney general to submit friends of the court briefs on behalf ...

SAGINAW, MI — Despite being acquitted of criminal wrongdoing during his arrest of a Saginaw jaywalker, a Michigan State ...

This autumn, the Supreme Court will consider a question with potentially far-reaching consequences for civil rights in the ...

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, read about three Black women who worked and sacrificed to keep the movement going. Meredith Herndon Diane Nash standing ...

An evening of art, music and history will bring the community together Friday to celebrate Shreveport's civil rights legacy ...

Atlanta is mourning a lifelong civil rights advocate who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders of the movement. Tom Houck was 79.

Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, has extracted flashy agreements and personnel moves from big universities and sought to force states to turn over confidential ...

Plan your visit to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights with this local guide covering what to expect, standout ...

Civil rights pioneer Press Robinson reflects on how the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais changed everything about ...

As they face a “billionaire tax” and choose a new governor, Californians might recall the time they took the lead in civil ...

Alabama's 14 historically Black colleges and universities have helped shape generations of leaders, educators and ...

Historian and biographer of the Freedom Riders remembers the civil rights icon. A new telling of the story of the 1964 ...