Lewis' legacy as a civil rights activist and lawmaker spans decades and numerous administrations. What to know as planned ...

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis highlights Bayard Rustin's pivotal role in the civil rights movement with a new ...

Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Here's what to know about ...

We must recommit—not just to the letter of the ADA, but to its spirit. That means expanding educational and employment ...

Brett Hankison is the only officer who fired into Taylor's apartment to be charged and convicted of any crime.

The nationwide day of action is in response to the Trump administration and refers to a term coined by the late Rep. John ...

One of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a "state of emergency" for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response to ...

ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his ...

Most histories about the Civil Rights Movement focus on marches and sit ins. But there is a crucial racial justice battleground often overlooked, and it unfolded in the sky.

The government’s interpretation of the VJRA effectively denies veterans a meaningful opportunity to pursue their civil rights claims. Take, for example, the issue in Powers.The government claims that ...

It was created in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order strengthening the provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that banned racial discrimination by employers.