A Trump administration investigation has found Harvard University in “violent violation” of the Civil Rights Act, once more ...

In his new book Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights, Peniel Joseph writes how 1963 was a landmark one for the Civil Rights Movement. Now, Joseph says, the United States ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal and discriminatory — presumably against white people. He signed his own ...

A letter from the administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism threatens all federal funding to the school.

Understanding how the U.S. went from marriage equality a decade ago to steep backsliding on transgender rights today could ...

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

The Trump administration says Harvard University is in “violent violation” of the Civil Rights Act due to inaction to protect ...

Burris’ impactful career includes over 1,000 civil rights cases, notably the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles and Oscar Grant’s tragic shooting in Oakland.

The original song, written by McCartney, was inspired by the American Civil Rights Movement. McCartney praised Beyoncé’s version in a public statement, calling it “magnificent.” ...

In the spring of 1962, students from Miles College boycott the downtown merchants in Birmingham, AL.

During the Civil Rights Movement, the federal government activated National Guard troops over Southern state objections when those states would neither enforce court orders nor protect protesters.