The Voting Rights Act, a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, turns 60 this week. It’s not in good shape.

People living in racially and economically segregated neighborhoods are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage ...

Members of First Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Street, the first Black Baptist Church in Selma and one of the first ...

Burr & Forman pledged $150,000 to the University of Alabama School of Law for the Path Makers Legacy Plaza. The plaza will honor the school's first three Black graduates: Michael Anthony Figures, ...

State Rep. Ron Reynolds was joined by trans activists on the steps of the Texas Capitol to voice opposition to a ban against ...

A single event didn’t define the American civil rights movement; it was a sustained, courageous fight for equality that ...

Alabama prisoners who say they are unfairly penalized for being HIV-positive are taking their accusations of discrimination to federal court today. Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union ...

News Years before ‘Bloody’ Selma, John Lewis prayed to end segregation in Cairo, IL Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

Former Dr. Phillips football standout Ha Ha Clinton-Dix has accomplished many things during his career. But he can now call ...

By JTA August 13, 2012 A Florida woman reportedly is suing El Al for gender discrimination after she was forced to change seats to accommodate a haredi Orthodox man.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said Friday that the University of Alabama was under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights for allegedly offering ...

As the world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the seminal events at Selma a fascinating new study has cast fresh light on ...