President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees.

Civil rights leaders convened at the National Press Club hours after Trump dismantled federal DEI policies. Marc H. Morial ...

Immigrant and civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against a birthright ...

The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls Right-wing extremists ...

Historians describe the debate over extending civil rights to former slaves that divided the country after the Civil War. The same issues would re-emerge decades later, in the civil rights ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection, currently featuring a selection of our award-winning films from Stanley Nelson (Firelight), documenting pivotal moments in the 20th century civil rights ...