On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

Harvard is "in violent violation" of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the federal government’s Task Force to Combat ...

The filing comes as the administration accelerates its battle against diversity, equity and inclusion at schools.

The ACLU has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today ...

Bob Dylan — or Bobby Dillon, according to an article — performed in Mississippi, where he sang in honor of Medgar Evers.

On Tuesday, more than 500 workers and allies will join a culminating rally at Lafayette Park in New Orleans to demand an end to ICE raids terrorizing cities and communities and the release of people ...

The sit-ins spread to more than a hundred cities, and within six months, the Greensboro lunch counter—now part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History—was desegregated.