The day marks five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, known for his commitment to peaceful protest and his ...

Chicago is the flagship city for the 'Good Trouble Lives On' demonstrations Thursday honoring the late civil rights leader ...

Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, Black Americans are facing ...

Following that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills including the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act.

Signed in 1965, the Iowa Civil Rights Act provides legal protection from discrimination against protected classes regarding housing, employment, education, public services and accommodations ...

Civil rights experts worry bans on DEIA in education and government are part of a larger, ongoing push to undo the country's 1964 Civil Rights Act.

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During this era, which rose to prominence in the 1950s, Black folks worked ...

After the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was formed by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order enforced by the Department of Labor to ...

U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others look on in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1964. (Photo courtesy of Britannica Encyclopedia / Cecil ...

Civil rights leaders and elected officials are seething after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to eliminate DEI federal programs and decades-old enforcement of the Civil ...

Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed 60 years ago on July 2, America has experienced great strides toward attaining civil rights for all her citizens.