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 ...

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

Emmett Till’s death shocked millions of people across America and was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, but many ...

CHICAGO — Civil rights activist and Georgia congressman John Lewis was known for saying he got into "good trouble" by using ...

“The Department of Energy’s decision to rescind the Section 504 new construction accessibility requirement is a direct attack on disability rights and part of a broader pattern of civil rights ...

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, also went after the court for a secondary blow it more broadly dealt to a foundational civil rights law. “Today’s decision is likely to result in tangible ...

Nashville civil rights leader Z. Alexander Looby has been honored with a new 94-wide mural, unveiled by city leaders on July ...

The League of United Latin American Citizens, founded in Texas in 1929, is one of the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organizations in the U.S. and boasts more than 320,000 members.

Leaders of the battle for civil rights in New Orleans are spotlighted in 'The Trail They Blazed' at the Historic New Orleans Collection.