Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

By T.J. Ray Columnist When four high school seniors showed up in the Circuit Clerk’s office one bright day, everything was ...

President Trump signed dozens of executive orders including to eliminate federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training and ...

Henry L. Marsh III — a graduate of Maggie L. Walker High, Virginia Union University and Howard University Law School — left a ...

Series made a powerful return for the spring semester, featuring an inspiring event titled ‘Reflections of a King’ that ...

After the U.S. Department of Justice froze civil rights actions, Hazleton officials didn’t raise their hopes too high that ...

Georgia seeks another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, questioning its use to prove minority votes have ...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of ...

The state of Georgia asks a federal appeals court to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it much harder to prove ...

President Trump revoked a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule for federal contractors, but the action doesn’t repeal ...

Firm alleges that the all-white school board doesn’t respond equally to the needs of the district’s diverse student ...

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...