President John F. Kennedy conceived of the office in the early 1960s, saying the federal government should have experts who ...

Hailed as the start of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, the Stonewall Riots took place at New York City’s Stonewall Inn fifty-six years ago this month. On June 28, 1969, police attempted to arrest ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden stumbled over his script Friday, saying at a civil rights event in the Oval Office that he served as vice president for 12 years ...

(NNPA Newswire) – On the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Years before civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers got caught up in the deadly 1968 protest known as the Orangeburg Massacre, he was on the path to the elite rank of Eagle Scout -- ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis fields a questions from reporters during a news conference in Winter Haven on Aug. 28, 2024. (Screenshot via the governor's X livestream) The lawsuit civil rights groups filed ...

The last two weeks in the UK have seen a whiplash mood swing from horror to hope. In response to racist and Islamophobic misinformation shared online, far-right riots sprung up in multiple cities.

After two decades of nonviolent Civil Rights activism, many African Americans put their faith in the militant Black Power movement. That was true in Augusta, Ga., too. Paine College Professor Emeritus ...

The Montana Legislature may make it illegal for people to cover their faces if a protest turns to a riot or if they commit other crimes of public disorder. Civil rights advocates worry that the bill ...