Local filmmaker on first organized interracial civil rights protest ...

Orangeburg was one of the cities the pastor, humanitarian and civil rights activist visited during the late 1950s and early ‘60s. He made speeches that inspired local residents, many of whom ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict the fight for civil rights.

Trump's New Justice Department Leadership Orders a Freeze on Civil Rights Cases WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights ...

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in a movie yet. I also can’t believe how few people know about this unknown hero’s incredible accomplishments, ...

A memo instructed division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure that civil rights attorneys do not file “any new complaints, motions to intervene, agreed-upon remands, amicus briefs, or ...

The teen’s family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Sunnyvale, the officer who shot Perez, and others. (Courtesy Pointer & Buelna LLP) Relatives of 19-year-old ...

National Civil Rights Day would also preserve the names of multiple unwitting catalysts for changes in police procedures. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner ...

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing ...

Frank Hobbs was arrested last summer and charged with a misdemeanor, but that case was dismissed. The state is seeking up to $5,000 in civil penalties and an injunction. CONCORD, N.H. — A town ...