Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

How the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama in 1965 led to the creation of the Voting Rights Act, a pivotal ...

They’re in-house Negroes,” the Rev. Johnny Flakes III said, referring to the two Black councilors who supported this move.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs ...

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political ...

Rep. Aime Wichtendahl, Iowa's first out trans lawmaker, said it was "devastating" to see lawmakers pass a bill taking away ...

The Rev. Joe Carter was the first African American since 1902 to register to vote in West Feliciana Parish in 1963, but he ...

Bloody Sunday, thousands gather in Selma to honor a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Credits: @erniesuggs / AJC | Getty Images | AP ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

Reflecting on past struggles and emphasizing the importance of voting, the aging foot soldiers are urging younger generations ...