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The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a digital archive this fall featuring articles, photos, videos, ...
Bazemore was represented by attorney James Walker Jr., a native of Ahoskie, one of the first Black graduates of UNC-Chapel ...
Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...
From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – they funded, sheltered and fuelled the fight for equality.
Once referred to as the unofficial headquarters of the civil rights movement for the number of activists that visited, Paschal's has prepared Southern dishes, like their famous fried chicken ...
Missouri Solicitor General Joshua Divine, whom Trump has nominated to a district court judgeship, wrote a college op-ed in support of requiring prospective voters to pass a literacy test.
Literacy tests were banned in the 1960s for being racially discriminatory, but such tests “are not a bad thing,” Josh Divine argued in a 2010 college opinion piece.
The disparate-impact test has been crucial to enforcing key portions of the landmark Civil Rights Act, which prohibits recipients of federal funding from discriminating based on race, color or ...
During their discussion, Bryant addresses the ongoing financial literacy challenges facing the country in 2025. He emphasizes the need for the U.S. to adopt inclusive economic practices similar to ...
Historically, Black librarians and educators have led the charge to increase our communities’ literacy. Their tremendous resistance, resilience and resolve in the face of efforts to withhold ...