During her first year as the District of Columbia’s congressional delegate in 1991, Eleanor Holmes Norton attended nearly 500 ...

This 101-member choir is a fixture of worship at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix, and never mightier than on ...

The SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship to be able to register to vote. NPR's Michel Martin asks Sean Morales-Doyle ...

A memo reviewed by CBS News said Trump appointees are considering closing the Community Relations Service, which was created ...

In the 1960s, when vinyl reigned supreme and digital music consumption was still a distant, sci-fi fantasy, record labels released 45 singles that included A-sides and B-sides. The A-side was ...

Lacey, 92, is one of a dwindling group of residents who saw King when he visited North Jersey to speak at various venues in the 1960s, at the height of the civil rights struggle. That was before ...

In a letter sent out Thursday, the Trump administration gave state education chiefs 10 days to sign a certification saying they’re complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which ...

Thurmond spoke against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes ... The longest one was in 1960, lasting 125 hours and 16 minutes from noon on Monday, Feb. 29, all the way to ...

Women human rights defenders can face additional risks and pressures; violations targeted at women may take a particularly gendered form, such as sexual violence. Simply the act of a woman speaking ...

Amnesty International is a movement of 7 million people worldwide who are here to protect human rights. We exist to make sure everyone and their rights are respected, protected and enjoyed. But right ...