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Paul Boateng and Sir Trevor Phillips among those present to remember man who played pivotal role in 1963 bus boycott

Among the dead in an aircraft crash over the Potomac River were several prominent competitive figure skaters, coaches, and their families returning from an important national event in Wichita, Kansas.

A man has filed a $20 million federal civil rights lawsuit against police officers in Pickens County, Alabama, saying he was repeatedly and wrongly shocked with a Taser

A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance

In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again

ICE raid in Newark, NJ criticized for civil rights violations. Mayor Baraka and Democrats condemn the operation, raising concerns about unlawful actions.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. "A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades," Trump told reporters as…

Civil rights division is being asked to pause new cases and investigations as Trump nominees examine new paths

Trump overturned a 1965 executive order that forbade federal contractors from discrimination.