The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

The DOJ and civil rights groups coalition argue SF2340 is unconstitutional, but Iowa says it is within their rights to enforce laws

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., has died

Alice Childress’s powerful story of a biracial couple is set in South Carolina in 1918, but burns with the heat of the civil rights era when it was written

Civil rights organization also called for Hamas to return Israeli hostages and to ‘stop all terrorist activity’

The Black-led civil rights organization is concerned that U.S. weapons are being used to target civilians

Prominent Black civil rights group calls on US president to ‘draw red line’ and ‘indefinitely’ stop weapons to Israel.

Explore the historical context of black voter alignment with Democrats and the evolution of party dynamics in civil rights legislation.

Civil rights groups that successfully blocked Trump-era immigration plans now plan to challenge Biden’s order that put ‘thousands of lives at risk’

In a 2-1 ruling, judges found grant program run by Black-woman owned venture capitalist firm ‘likely to violate’ Civil Rights Act

Former Columbus, Ohio police vice detective Andrew Mitchell has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights while acting under color of law and one count of obstructing justice. While working as a plain clothes officer, Mitchell kidnapped…