Jo Ann Boyce, a member of the Clinton 12, has died at 84. She later moved to Los Angeles, became a pediatric nurse and spent ...

A look at the life, legacy, and death of civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael and the turbulent path of his successor H. Rap Brown, whose contrasting fates reflect the evolving struggle for Black ...

When civil rights are no longer guaranteed for our students, our public education system is that much weaker. Access to high quality schools and educators is critically important for the future of ...

During the recent government shutdown, some Republicans in Congress have expressed sympathy for the roughly seven hundred and thirty thousand federal employees who have been performing essential ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Civil rights advocacy groups on Friday asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Justice Department from shuttering a 1960s-era office that was tasked with quelling racial ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil rights era, sought by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther ...

Did you know that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t supposed to include job protections for women? Title VII—the section that covers job discrimination—included race, color, religion and national ...

With a stroke of a pen, President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964 — 50 years ago Wednesday — ended hundreds of years of legalized racial discrimination in America. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

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A new report released Monday by the American Association of University Professors and its Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure argues that the Trump administration has weaponized federal civil ...

Since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media users have shared posts showing, quoting or paraphrasing remarks the posts attribute to the conservative activist. Many readers have ...

In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a "Black Students Success Plan," after a ...