Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...

The decision late last year by the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners to impose various restrictions on the infant recreational cannabis industry recalls landmark constitutional litigation ...

I Want Freedom Now!' about Colvin's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a ...

Holder, the president of the Equal Justice Society, has spent more than two decades working to dismantle systems of racial ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said. Another memo ...

Johnson's order was issued against the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement, following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It served as a cornerstone in ...

The seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior of the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City ...