Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice ...

On the 57th anniversary of his death, North Jersey residents look back at personal encounters with Martin Luther King Jr.

History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...

The National Civil Rights Museum will host a ceremony to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s ...

at the height of the civil rights struggle. That was before his tragic death on April 4, 1968, after he was felled by an assassin's bullet while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in ...

“the reality is that cutting funding for fair housing enforcement weakens the fundamental civil rights protections established under the Fair Housing Act of 1968 — one of Martin Luther King Jr ...

Its author was none other than Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader—and later one of ... He advised Dr. King through his 1968 assassination. Most critically, he was the key architect of ...

Deuel Ross has written this fascinating article for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Here is the abstract: Voting is an act of faith. Faith that your vote will matter. Faith that ...

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is commemorating ... The 39-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was shot and killed April 4, 1968, while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine ...