Civil rights leaders held a rally on State Street Thursday to protest Target. It was in response to Target scaling back its diversity and inclusion efforts earlier this year.

Stanley Nelson, who investigated some of the nation’s most notorious racially motivated slayings in Mississippi and Louisiana, died unexpectedly last week.

Investigative journalist Stanley Nelson, 69, died earlier this month. His work revealed civil rights abuses in Louisiana and Mississippi. (Courtesy of David Ridgen) JACKSON, Miss. – America lost ...

Kirk, who has called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a “mistake” and questioned the existence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, has been appointed to the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors and ...

Civil rights organizations on Tuesday condemned the Trump administration for deploying thousands of soldiers and marines to Los Angeles after a wave of immigration protests. The groups collec… ...

Some civil rights leaders are challenging a decision to strip a high school track star of her state title because of how she celebrated her win. In a nod to a former Olympian, 16-year-old Clara ...

The leaders described President Trump’s actions as a clear attempt to attack communities of color. By Erica L. Green A group of Black and Latino civil rights leaders has condemned President ...

President-elect Donald Trump walks Peter N. Kirsanow, an attorney and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, out after meeting at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse ...

Burris’ impactful career includes over 1,000 civil rights cases, notably the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles and Oscar Grant’s tragic shooting in Oakland.

The civil rights lawyer is the subject of a documentary “John Burris: The Godfather of Police Litigation,” which will be screened Monday, June 16, 2025, at the Secretary of State’s Office.

The acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workers rights acknowledged during a Senate hearing that transgender workers are protected under civil rights laws but defended her decision to ...