Often controversial, the American Civil Liberties Union has opposed both liberal and conservative efforts to take away ...

The city of Tuscaloosa is making a bold investment of nearly $1 million to honor the heroes and history of the civil rights ...

But instead of the Education Department taking the lead, the Energy Department proposed a regulation targeting transgender ...

In this stirring episode of Complexified, we sit down with scholar, poet and community elder Rachel Harding to remember what the Civil Rights Movement was really made of — not just legal wins ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

Far-reaching legislation provides framework for many challenging issues in America even 60 years later. Read more about the history.

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is in upheaval amid a mass exodus of attorneys as the Trump administration moves to radically reshape the division, shelving its traditional mission ...

New opera honors the Black women of the Civil Rights Movement “She Who Dared,” likely the first professionally staged opera by Black women, premieres June 3 in Chicago.