In "Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968," Thomas Ricks says the movement was able to topple Jim Crow because it acted the way a successful military acts.

In his new book, The Double V, Rawn James Jr. argues that to understand race in America one must understand the history of African-Americans in the military. While the turning point came between ...

WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his pardon power to ensure ...

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil ... use of military resources against protesters in Los Angeles who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement actions. Two-time ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Two water fountains stood side-by-side. One was a modern machine capable of delivering cool water. The other, nothing more than a sink with a water fountain attached to deliver ...

One chapter has remained largely hidden for decades: how the United States Army, during the early years of the civil rights movement, dealt with the crucible issues of race and capital punishment.

The administration announced that civil rights leaders' names would be removed from Navy ships, but Trump wants to bring back Confederate base names.

President Trump will restore seven more Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures — but with different namesakes.

"Everyone should be given a chance," said Ramirez. "African American men and women of the United States military have set the example, not just for African American Soldiers, but all Soldiers." ...

President Trump’s deployment of more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles—following ICE raids and mass protests—has ignited a fierce national debate over state sovereignty and civil-military ...

The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.