Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in DuPage County.

To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to ...

MIAMI – Karah Perkins, the granddaughter of civil rights activist and social justice advocate John Perkins, was shot and killed in Jackson, Mississippi, according to the Clarion Ledger. Capitol police ...

Created by Congress under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the EEOC's commissioners are appointed by the president to staggered terms, and no more than three can be from the same party.

A new biography, "Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson," tells the story of the Black transgender pioneer’s fight on the frontlines of history as a leader in the early LGBTQ rights ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workers rights acknowledged Wednesday that transgender workers are protected under civil rights laws but defended her ...

The acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workers rights acknowledged during a Senate hearing that transgender workers are protected under civil rights laws but defended her decision to ...

Created by Congress under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the EEOC’s commissioners are appointed by the president to staggered terms, and no more than three can be from the same party.