Damon Hewitt is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Before joining the ...

The Trump Justice Department’s civil rights division is not only neglecting its core mission but also taking actions ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its ...

Peniel Joseph writes about this pivotal year in his new book, "Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights ...

The recent musical "Larry Itliong" has drawn attention to the legacy of the Filipino civil rights leader known for his ...

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its ...

If not challenged, activists say, they could set the Civil Rights Movement back decades. “It’s been a full-frontal assault, and it's left people quaking. It’s left people shaking.

By Jim Beaugez On the grounds of a former hospital in one of America’s most historic cities, a community is reclaiming the ...

A group of South Florida students stepped into history, visiting some of the most iconic sites of the civil rights movement ...

Pulaski residents who played a role in the Civil Rights movement over 70 years ago are being honored at an event Saturday at ...