From the days of slavery to the halls of Congress, many civil rights activists ... the historic 2017 Women’s March—the largest single-day protest in U.S. history—Mallory emerged as a ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop protests against his immigration crackdown ...

From the Underground Railroad path that cut through Orangetown to the 1943 Hillburn school desegregation case, Rockland has played a role in U.S. civil rights history. Now, 27 students are steeped ...

My argument was, it’s the most important historic building in Memphis, at least in my lifetime.” Dr. Russell Wigginton, President of the National Civil Rights Museum, says Clayborn Temple ...

The National Guard has been deployed to Los Angeles in the past in response to civil disorder and natural disasters.

The first Black leader of the U.S. Department of Labor ... After news broke of Herman's death, civil rights groups, unions and Democratic leaders issued statements praising her decades of work.

April 25 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy on Saturday plans to christen ... The ship is named in honor of Sojourner Truth, a 19th-century civil rights abolitionist and activist from New York.