“We have been in the forefront for centuries, really going back to the 1800s in terms of civil rights, and it's always surprised people when they hear that history,” said Alicia ...

The history of school vouchers predates the civil rights era, stretching back to 1800s New England, where publicly run schools were sparse in rural areas. But its modern iteration was ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

The San Francisco Office for Civil Rights is closing down as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education. It is uncertain what will come of the backlog of the ...

The National Civil Rights Museum wants to make sure the resources from one of its important funders don’t dry up. So, they’re turning to the public for help. A beacon of history, the National ...

The division was established in the wake of the 1950s Civil Rights movement. The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass ...

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green covers the White House and reported from Washington.

“We have been in the forefront for centuries, really going back to the 1800s in terms of civil rights, and it's always surprised people when they hear that history,” said Alicia ...