Ciara Smith made history when she became the first Black and youngest mayor of Anniston, Alabama, winning a four-way race to ...

President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to rule through systematic intimidation. It has deep roots in American ...

Shakeups at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have put more attorneys on the job hunt, recruiters say, with a few DOJ attorneys in this unit finding new law firm gigs lately but ...

(AP) — Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama ... an exhibit recognizing Johnson’s landmarks rulings in the civil rights era was dedicated in the federal courthouse next door.

The Trump administration says Columbia University violated a federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students. The Health and Human Services Department accused the school of acting ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students ... at the expense of academic freedom and protecting foreign students.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to dislodge a cornerstone of modern civil rights law through a sweeping executive order that strips the federal government of the key tool it used to ...

The Department of Justice on Monday announced the establishment of a sweeping new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, signaling a significant escalation in the government’s efforts to combat civil rights ...

A federal court ruled that President Trump’s removals were illegal and arbitrary and ordered two board members reinstated. By Charlie Savage Charlie Savage, reporting from Washington, has ...

And it paid off with Tuesday's decision. Libby called the battle a 'civil rights' case in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I most certainly do believe this is a civil rights issue for Maine ...

Some were active in civil rights groups like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which initiated the Freedom Rides and was founded in 1942 on Mahatma Gandhi's principle of nonviolent protest.

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