Jacksonville has officially joined the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, with dozens of historical markers planned for the city. The markers will highlight significant locations from the Civil Rights Movement, ...

‘Humanize me a little,” says the petite woman in a cashmere sweater at the end of a forthright, occasionally spiky interview. It’s unclear if this is a plea or a pleasantry. The woman is Harmeet Kaur ...

The Dayton NAACP has alleged the Miamisburg Police Department violated the civil rights of Darryl Kinney during an encounter ...

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as ...

Known as the Tougaloo Nine, the demonstrators staged a sit-in that helped the NAACP push for the desegregation of public spaces in Mississippi's capital Smart News Before his assassination in 1963, ...

A woman involved in a Hurst traffic stop in January is calling for accountability from the police and city leadership. Taneisha Thompson said she suffered injuries following the encounter. Her ...

The NAACP, the oldest civil rights organization in the U.S., has hired a former Biden Justice Department official to head its legal advocacy work. Kristen Clarke, who previously led the DOJ’s Civil ...

This month marks the 61st anniversary of a moment in the Civil Rights Movement that could have united freedom fighters across races. Instead, history followed a disappointing and familiar pattern. The ...

Former CNN journalist Don Lemon was released from custody after being arrested overnight, after a protest at a church near Minneapolis earlier this month. The judge let him go on his own recognizance.

U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins evoked the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s when describing the changes the Trump administration is making at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To date, the USDA has ...

A defunct nonprofit run by former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife still owes more than $100,000 to the North Carolina ...