The Act banned segregation ... without first acknowledging the significant strides made within the civil rights movement and the historic interconnectedness between Black and LGBTQ communities.

Damon Hewitt is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Before joining the ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic ...

The legislative achievements of the movement, including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, stand as a testament to his courage, his ability to set aside differences in pursuit of a ...

On Wednesday, the Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warned that DEI policies could violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That same day, it was revealed that President ...

But on July 2, 1964, in the midst of a civil rights movement that had been growing in voice and numbers for many years, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA) into law.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights ...

As I woke on the day after Donald Trump's election back to the White House, I realized a painful truth—The country I love doesn't love me back. I sought a vision of a better country that cares ...

The Civil Rights Movement is often heralded as a watershed moment in American history. It is remembered for dismantling ...

Several foundations have donated $1.5 million to help rebuild after arson gutted a historic Black church that played an ...

Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin ... which led to the Voting Rights Act in August later that year.