The Civil Rights Movement

Related stories Related sites The civil rights struggle in modern times. 1954 -- U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown ...
Reuters

FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center

Oct 3 (Reuters) - The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain ...
The Boston Globe

If your civil rights are violated, there may be no one at the federal level left to call.

Jennifer A. Serafyn is a lawyer in Boston and the former chief of the Civil Rights Unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. After nearly 10 years, the civil rights unit at ...
WKYT

US Dept. of Ed. says UK violated Civil Rights Act

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found the University of Kentucky violated the federal Civil Rights Act. In March, it was announced that UK was among ...
New York Post

Cornell law professor demands civil rights probe after Israeli student allegedly excluded from course on Gaza

A prominent Cornell law professor is demanding a civil rights investigation into allegations that one of his colleagues attempted to exclude an Israeli student from a course on the Gaza Strip. Earlier ...
TravelPulse

Must-Visit Civil Rights Destinations in the US

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from Atlanta, Georgia to Selma, Alabama and all the way to our nation’s capital in ...
The Hill

The Civil Rights Movement can guide America out of a violent spiral

America has a serious problem, as evidenced by multiple school shootings and a political assassination all within the span of two weeks. What’s less obvious is that the lessons of history give us the ...
The Root

These Civil Rights Legends From Jim Crow Are Still With Us …So Remember Their Names!

From Jesse Jackson to Angela Davis, we’re honoring the last living Civil Rights icons who are still with us today. From the lunch counter to the ballot box to Selma marches to the Black Panthers, the ...
Black Enterprise

The National Civil Rights Museum To Unveil New Outdoor Park

The museum is unveiling the BlueCross Healthy Place at Founders Park. The National Civil Rights Museum will officially open its newest outdoor park. The museum is unveiling the BlueCross Healthy Place ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Property management company sues AG’s office over authority to investigate civil rights violations

Maryland lawmakers granted the state Attorney General’s Office new powers to investigate and enforce civil rights laws in 2023, approving a key priority for newly elected Attorney General Anthony ...
WHNT

Birmingham community honors victims on 62nd anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded inside 16th Street Baptist Church 62 years ago Monday, killing four young girls and becoming a turning point in the ...