The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump ...

Civil rights activist and Georgia Congressman John Lewis was known for saying he got into "good trouble" by using peaceful, ...

This Black History Month, the White House will host descendants of civil rights icons and historical figures, theGrio exclusively reports.

The Trump administration says that Harvard University violated civil-rights laws over its treatment of Israeli and Jewish students, potentially further endangering its federal funding.

Lewis' legacy as a civil rights activist and lawmaker spans decades and numerous administrations. What to know as planned ...

A previously unseen batch of legal memos written by lawyers inside the U.S. Department of Justice provides new insight into the White House’s evolving understanding of its own responsibility and ...

Lawson was an apostle of nonviolent protest — and close adviser to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights ...

As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon an innovation that would strengthen the fight for civil rights across the U.S.

Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom. By Erica L. Green Erica L. Green covers the White House and reported from Washington. In ...

The new-found strength of the civil rights movement will not vanish or wither. Negroes have learned the strength of their own power will unleash it again and again.

The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with directives from the White House, including ...