This year marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The long-debated and filibustered act was enacted to prohibit discrimination in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1965, Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation to stop racial discrimination in voting; part of the law could be in ...

It is impossible to overlook the pivotal role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played not only as the moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement but also as its strategic and political architect. While his ...

Bans on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, closures of federal civil rights offices, stopping the collection of data about diversity and discrimination - civil rights lawyers and scholars ...

The white college student supported Black voters in segregated Alabama, and began documenting the front lines of the voting rights fight, which locals continue to disregard. Ad Policy SCLC volunteers, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bill banning city and other local governments from implementing civil rights protections that expand on Iowa’s Civil Rights Act of 1965 is heading to the governor’s desk. On ...