Test your knowledge of the American Civil Rights Movement with our quiz! Explore key figures, events, and legislation that ...

The West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Northwest Atlanta, a site deeply rooted in the Civil Rights Movement, may soon be ...

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

The ability of the media to portray brutal repression of the Southern African Americans, and in parallel, speeches by Civil rights spokesmen, worked in tandem with presidential and legislative decisio ...

Gender identity is no longer part of the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The change is part of a sweeping law that also defines a ...

William L. Clay Sr., Missouri’s first Black congressman and a prominent civil rights leader who died last week, was one of the most consequential politicians in the state, rising to power during a ...

More than a dozen states, mostly conservative, have never added gender identity as a protected class to their civil rights laws, according to data from the Movement Advancement ... At the federal ...

Dozens of Mid-Michigan residents took to the streets of Bay City Thursday evening, joining a nationwide day of peaceful ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rashad Robinson warn that viral moments and representation aren’t enough to withstand civil rights rollbacks—and call for new models for lasting impact.

LGBTQ rights endure when they are written into or otherwise grounded in national constitutions; culturally normalized across partisan lines; upheld through strong, independent judiciaries; supported ...

An unrepentant liberal, Clay served more than three decades in Congress, the first African American from Missouri. His son, ...