City Council passed a resolution Thursday to make March 17, 2025 “Bayard Rustin Day" on what would have been the trailblazer's 113th birthday.

Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a ...

The cuts to federal government jobs coupled with gutting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could harm Black and ...

She taught me to be optimistic and relentless, and that fighting for civil rights is the responsibility of all of us.

Who should be honored on a Civil Rights monument for their contributions leading to equality and better lives for minority ...

Governors, attorneys general, mayors, and other local officials are starting to vocally say no to President Donald Trump’s ...

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National ...

Martin Luther King Jr was a great American civil rights advocate. However, what made him stand out was not so much his activism as his oratorical skills. One of the quotes credited to him is, “The ...

A complaint filed by a civil rights organization on Wednesday claims that Calvin University, a Christian liberal arts university in Michigan, is discriminating on the basis of sex and race.

When Kansas became the 26th state to ban gender-affirming medical care for teens, the Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention cheered the move. But not all faith leaders agree. WINFIELD ...

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The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is committed to strengthening civil society through education, research, and leadership training. An integral part of The Graduate Center (GC), the Center ...