The ACLU of New Jersey and 29 partner organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief in federal court in Newark on Oct. 28.

Rep. Charles Diggs was a dogged fighter of racial exclusion and discrimination, though his tenure in office would end in scandal.

At Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, a new play called The American Five centers on a line that I believe defines its moral ...

President Trump’s ability to exert executive power during his second term without much pushback from Congress and the U.S.

Memphis, TN, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel celebrated courage, compassion, and leadership at its 34th Annual Freedom Award ceremony, honoring ...

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights ...

Tougaloo College is hosting an exclusive screening of the documentary "John Burris: Godfather of Police Litigation" as part of its 156th Founders’ Week celebration.The screening takes place Monday, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A Democrat-led civil rights watchdog agency opened a sweeping investigation into how the federal government has responded to allegations of antisemitism on college ...

AGAIN. 502574 LMPD. A MONTHS LONG FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FINDS THE SCHOOL VIOLATED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. IN MARCH, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STARTED INVESTIGATING ...

Jennifer A. Serafyn is a lawyer in Boston and the former chief of the Civil Rights Unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. After nearly 10 years, the civil rights unit at ...

This story has been updated to reflect the grand opening of the redesigned Founders Park was Oct. 4. A compact and once essentially ignored plaza that joins Mulberry Street to Main Street in the South ...