A public-interest law firm has filed federal civil-rights complaints against New York and Wisconsin on behalf of contractors ...

Parent's rights organization files civil rights complaint against Portland Public Schools alleging race-based discrimination.

A new memo from the Department of Education invokes the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while twisting its intent ...

On June 18, 1964, a group of Black and white protesters fighting for integration went swimming in the whites-only pool at the ...

The Reagan administration took an early lead attacking affirmative action as a quota-based program. It was during the ...

The groundwork for such laws began with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in employment and sought to promote the integration of the largely segregated U.S. workforce.

On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case involving the appropriate ...

In the complaint, filed Wednesday, the Equal Protection Project alleges that 6 of USD’s scholarship programs violate Title VI ...

Marlean Ames, 60, an employee at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, contends gay applicants were unfairly given ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

Former Cleveland Browns offensive lineman John Wooten, who blocked for Jim Brown, was part of history in 1964. He offers ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...