The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an ...

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as ...

Democratic speakers were pressed to address voting rights, affirmative action and other issues at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s four-day conference.

Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.

The Education Department said there was no precedent for the federal government terminating settlements stemming from civil ...

Coretta Scott King was more than the wife and widow of Martin Luther King Jr. She was an architect of justice and a leader in her own right. A classically trained singer turned activist, she was as ...

The Oklahoma City Council approved final plans for the $17.2 million Clara Luper Civil Rights Center on Tuesday, a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said landmark civil rights protections from the 1960s have left white people “very badly ...

The landscape of Montgomery, Alabama is a monument to Civil Rights, but is America losing touch with the lessons of that ...

The Trump administration is said to be taking the highly unusual step of terminating multiple civil rights settlements aimed ...

Danny Lyon was a student at the University of Chicago in the summer of 1962, when he photographed a sit-in on the campus. The sit-in was organized by current U.S. Senator and fellow University of ...

The Justice Department is soliciting staff within its Civil Rights Division to take reassignments to fill vacancies in areas related to education, employment and voting, with leaders citing the “deep ...