When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equality continues to inspire cannabis reform, challenging racial disparities in policing ...

Leaders are seething after Trump revoked enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, or Title VII, under the Civil ...

Donald Trump's second inauguration coincidentally falls on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this Monday. Civil rights leaders Marc ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of ...

President Joe Biden pardoned five activists and public servants Sunday, including a posthumous grant of clemency to Civil ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

As the Center for American Progress has noted, “the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the ...

As the nation marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss ...

Civil rights advocates and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...

On MLK Day, civil rights leaders are reflecting on the day’s ironic juxtaposition to the inauguration of Donald Trump.

The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People will honor the civil rights activist at its annual meeting on Sunday.