A sweeping new letter from the Education Department says schools and universities should stop using race as a factor in programming.

Schools are on alert after the Department of Education said it would cut federal funding unless they abolished diversity, ...

Lynn Eusan, a prominent civil rights activist and part of an early group of Black students to be admitted to the University of Houston, was crowned the university’s first Black homecoming queen. A ...

After a skirmish between the soldiers and police, a local politician stoked a White mob into a frenzy by telling the men to ...

Judge L. Clifford Davis, the civil rights lawyer who fought to desegregate North Texas school districts before becoming the ...

L. Clifford Davis was born into segregation, so he never attended an integrated school. But he fought to ensure future ...

More than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment are on hold.

This month we take the opportunity to celebrate the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American on the United States Supreme Court. Associate Justice Marshall’s remarkable career ...

February is Black History Month, a time to honor the contributions and achievements of the Black community. But our Black history goes far beyond these 28 days.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently held a session to inform her New York constituents of their civil rights, ...

Andrew Lester is expected to enter a guilty plea at a new hearing scheduled for Friday, which comes on the eve of the ...