The Rev. Al Sharpton and several U.S. representatives, including New Orleans' Troy Carter and Texas' Jasmine Crockett, voiced ...

The GOP tax bill stands to deliver a $170 billion windfall to turbocharge immigrant detentions and deportations. But public ...

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to ...

The top of the certificate reads: [United States Civil Service Commission / Voting Rights Act of 1965 / Poll Tax Payment Certificate / State of Alabama]. The certificate recognizes that Irby paid the ...

CAUCUSES URGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS CIVIL RIGHTS, DIVERSITY LEGISLATION: The Maryland General Assembly’s six “ethnic and intersectional” caucuses joined forces Monday to decry federal attacks on ...

While the Civil Rights Act of 1964 required all voters to be treated equally, the 1965 Act banned outright the use of literacy tests, provided for federal oversight of voter registration in areas ...

Twerski went onto a pivotal role at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in 1965, just after the Voting Rights Act was passed. He helped bring a case to the courts that declared poll ...

UnidosUS and a coalition of other left-leaning groups say Latino voters in 10 key states, including Texas, didn't swing as far to the right in last week's election as some other exit polls suggested.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details b ...

She says she does her research on all candidates and issues, then votes all the way down the ballot. On Nov. 20, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will celebrate its 32nd anniversary.