On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music ...

Henry L. Marsh’s fight was for civil rights, but his values — justice, fairness, equality — extend far beyond any single ...

US President Donald Trump's inaugural address on January 20 revealed the key themes of his rhetoric–triumphalism and overt authoritarianism–and provi ...

Boxing and politics have long shared a storied history in America, where the sport has been wielded as a powerful symbol and ...

one might reasonably question whether Charter rights exist at all. The law, passed in 2019 "to affirm the laicity of the State," restricts certain public sector employees in Quebec from wearing ...

The law, passed in 2019 “to affirm the laicity of the State,” restricts certain public sector employees in Québec from wearing religious symbols “while exercising ... Section 33 of the Canadian ...

Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of enslaved people who became wealthy because of the institution of slavery.

15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B. Johnson slipped the title phrase ...

15. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome' (1963) This was one of the civil rights movement's most popular songs, an unofficial anthem so pervasive that President Lyndon B. Johnson slipped the title ...

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago and ...

President John F. Kennedy’s shocking assassination stopped the world on November 22, 1963. A botched investigation continues to cloud our conclusions about the crime.