President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...

While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short in key areas ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964, marking a major victory in ... it was recent, and its impact still shapes our country today.

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

Its impact was far-reaching, influencing subsequent civil rights legislation and shaping the nation's laws for decades. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination on the basis of race ...

President Donald Trump's transgender policy began with a Day One executive order delegitimizing gender identity. Now it has encroached on a conspicuous place, removing the word "transgender" from ...

Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...