Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some ...

Alan Reuther is a former lawyer and legislative director for the United Auto Workers – and now an author – whose work in ...

Owned by the Jackson family, it served as a haven and planning site for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches led by Dr Martin ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is helping 30 congregations shore up their buildings and share their stories, ...

Rick Loessberg and Akela Lacy trace the trajectory of America’s unfinished reckoning with policing, from the 1967 Kerner ...

Aug. 1 marks Emancipation Day in Canada. Here are 25 books by Canadian authors that examine themes of racial and social ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic ...

President Donald Trump has long craved a Nobel Peace Prize, and has bemoaned that President Barack Obama was awarded the honor but he never has. Now, it appears, the White House is campaigning for the ...

It comes under the new stewardship of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, a civil rights attorney-turned-MAGA icon, who has vowed to realign the division’s mission with the priorities of ...