Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

For nearly a century, civil rights activist Xernona Clayton has dedicated her life to serving her community. Clayton, 95, ...

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

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were significant in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Environmental justice advocates’ work just got even more difficult, but powerful legal statutes leave them with some support.

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

The Civil Rights Movement was just the start, G. Phillip Shoultz, III, associate artistic director of VocalEssence said. The VocalEssence WITNESS Program continues the fight. VocalEssence WITNESS: ...

The federal office that enforces civil rights at school across the nation has been ordered to prioritize complaints of ...

On the third day that President Donald Trump was back in office, former Fox News contributor Leo Terrell woke up and signed ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood with Memphis sanitation workers in 1968, he wasn’t just fighting for fair wages — he was embodying a centuries-old alliance between the faith ...

Trump’s Education Department is taking aim at an all-gender bathroom.