WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday to restore and expand protections enshrined in the Voting ...

Andrew Cuomo believes Monday’s mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan will bring public safety to the forefront of this year’s ...

Through what means did black Americans seek civil rights during the early 20th century? Describe two examples of how the Supreme Court has intersected with civil rights in U.S. history.

NEW YORK (AP) — Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on ...

Protesters filled the Iowa state Capitol in February to denounce legislation aimed at stripping the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. The law took effect July 1.

Over the past 25 years the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation has been working to restore the home and turn it into a museum for people to learn about Garrison.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we’ll hear about an Historic New Orleans Collection exhibit that takes viewers into the local Civil Rights movement through a multimedia experience. We also learn ...

Another landmark event on July 2 came in 1964, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, a monumental piece of legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race, color ...

The Trump administration said a failure by the university to enact certain changes would put at risk its access to federal financial resources.

An investigation found that Harvard violated federal civil-rights law over its treatment of Jewish and Israeli students, the Trump administration said. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ...