The expansion of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail illustrates how all the facets of the Civil Rights Movement unfolded in ...

Black victims are usually forgotten footnotes of history.

The federal observer program sends neutral observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, is another salvo in a protracted battle between the administration of ...

Visiting the sites was especially profound at a time when other forces seek to erase, minimize, or redefine the complicated history that shapes this evolving experiment we know as the United States.

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.

A shadowy political action committee opposing Virginia’s April 21 redistricting referendum is facing sharp criticism after ...

These Black activists fought for civil rights over decades. Here are their warnings, and advice, for American protesters ...

Dolores Huerta gained prominence as an organizer of farmworkers seeking better wages. Here's why she visited Arizona over the ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

The political storm over a mailer campaign invoking civil rights era imagery in Virginia’s redistricting referendum fight ...