Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling a college student calmly taking a punch by a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office deputy during a February traffic stop, a "21st century Rosa Parks moment." ...

Davis’s civil lawsuit, recently filed in Hennepin County District Court, draws comparisons to the treatment of Rosa Parks, who famously refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Justice Department office tasked with protecting people’s civil rights has lost 368 employees since President Donald Trump took office, in a mass exodus that has coincided ...

The University of Louisville is under investigation for scholarships that could violate civil rights law, U.S. Department of Education officials said July 23.

Education Department data show the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years despite families filing more complaints.

Civil rights case resolutions in schools drop sharply under Trump as Education Department staff is slashed and complaints rise.

Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data ...

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency ...

The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration. In its annual State of Black America report that's being ...