The civil rights era comes alive in these excellent, informative books for kids of all ages. From beautifully illustrated picture books to memoirs that depict the Jim Crow South to biographies of ...

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National ...

Ronald dela Rosa, police chief during the former president’s term, urged the high tribunal to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring government officials and anyone acting under their ...

The Civil Service will be reformed under "radical" plans to be announced this week, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has told the BBC. Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he said parts ...

The local gathering was one out of many held internationally to demand equal rights for women across the globe. In Santa Rosa, roughly 1,500 ... roles at national parks, do cancer research ...

An Alabama officer accosts an unconscious woman as mounted police officers attack civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, who were attempting to begin a 50-mile march to Montgomery to protest race ...

In the 20th century alone, mass protest movements led to women’s suffrage, the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s and the end of the Vietnam War. This list includes groundbreaking nonfiction books for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A longtime civil rights activist who served Nashville has died. Dr. Charles Kimbrough — a civil rights activist and former president of the Nashville branch of the ...

Hazel Dukes, a prominent civil rights advocate and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, died Saturday. She was 92. Dukes died peacefully at her home in New York City surrounded by ...

Dr. Hazel Dukes, an iconic civil rights leader and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, has died at age 92. Dukes died peacefully Saturday morning, Ronald Dukes, her son, said in a ...

Iowa on Friday became the first state to strip transgender citizens of civil rights protections. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that removes gender identity as a protected class in the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday picked Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th Ward) to lead the Chicago Park District, elevating one of his closest allies on the Chicago City Council to oversee the city’s 600 ...