T itle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for employers in the United States to discriminate in “any term, ...

Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...

Liberty Theater was built in 1921 and is located in the heart of downtown Amarillo. The theater spent years as the only ...

This is a developing story. Questions about whether Native Americans born in the United States have birthright citizenship if they aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. — such ...

CARBONDALE — A documentary on pioneering Black journalist, educator and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells is set for Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library on Feb. 6.

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act—an immigration enforcement law named for a 22-year-old college student who was murdered last February—into law on Wednesday, making it the ...

The EEOC was created by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as a bipartisan five-member panel to protect workers from discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability and other protected ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...

Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek investigative reporter based in Michigan. His focus includes U.S. and international politics and policies, immigration, crime and social issues. Other reporting has ...

President Donald Trump has never been shy about his disdain for diversity programs that his conservative supporters have long said act as racial ... the height of the Civil Rights Movement that ...

Johnson in 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which is still law today — had a loophole that excluded federal employees. Johnson signed the Equal Employment Opportunity rule to close the ...

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - The family of a Kentucky man killed by police in his own home tells WKYT that civil rights attorney Ben Crump is taking on their case. On December 23, Doug Harless was ...