Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...

Discover the intersection of Black history and disability rights, featuring icons like Sojourner Truth, Brad Lomax, and Lois ...

A federal judge agreed to postpone the Aug. 25 hearing and stayed the case after listening to arguments from the state ...

Alabama leaders and people of all ages will gather in Selma Wednesday, August 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Civil Rights Memorial ...

The current state of the country warrants a closer examination of the Rev. Sullivan’s self-help vision and demands for ...

Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, discussed the organization's efforts to resist what he calls an ...

Civil rights leaders, however, have called it the “crown jewel" of the Smithsonian's museum system. The museum, which opened in 2016 on the National Mall, has had millions of visitors over the ...

Marc H. Morial *In a defining moment for the ongoing fight for economic justice, national civil rights leaders and key members of the Congressional Black Caucus gathered in New Orleans on Saturday ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders expressed outrage over another ...

Civil rights leaders, however, have called it the “crown jewel" of the Smithsonian's museum system. The museum, which opened in 2016 on the National Mall, has had millions of visitors over the ...