A Midlands man has been capturing history through different set of lenses literally.Cecil Williams has been a photographer since he was ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as an instrument of change. The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances by ...

Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos said. Another memo ...

The Justice Department ordered its civil rights division to pause ongoing litigation and not engage in any new cases, according to The Washington Post, issuing the order Wednesday as Republican ...

The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments, cases or settlements ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship faced a barrage of legal challenges Tuesday from a bevy of states and civil rights groups, signaling that the effort could ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Immigrant and civil rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against a birthright citizenship executive order signed by ...

The rally at the historic Black church was intended in part to celebrate the civil rights legend and unite to protect those rights under the Trump administration. At the same time across town at ...

Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of the civil rights icon. These concerns are further exacerbated by fears of the new president's views ...

National Civil Rights Day would also preserve the names of multiple unwitting catalysts for changes in police procedures. Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner ...

Garvey was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud over 100 years ago. The outgoing ...

The movement that he led ultimately spurred passage of landmark civil rights and voting rights legislation in 1964 and 1965. King’s movement dismantled formal segregation over a 13-year arc ...