The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit on behalf of a ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn't blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew freedom in. "There was never a question over whether I could vote when I ...

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects people from discrimination based on a disability. A lawsuit by Texas and several other states could end it.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

President Donald Trump's orders on civil rights are a stunning blow to America’s 60-year fight against discrimination.

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 1964 ... An act that inspired others throughout the south to fight against racial injustice created a ripple effect throughout the National Civil Rights Movement.

Some of the posts suggest that revoking the order also repeals the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 — laws that protect against employment discrimination ...

The EEOC was created by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as a bipartisan five-member panel to protect workers from discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability and other protected ...