Judge accused of making racial comments in speech
14 days ago
"Students were appalled by her speech," said Katie Naranjo, a spokeswoman for the coalition backing the complaint that includes the Mexican Capital Legal Assistance Program, the League of United...
Federal judge accused of making prejudice comments
15 days ago
They include the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Austin branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Texas Civil Rights Project.
Group wants civil rights probe into Todashev death
21 days ago
Group wants civil rights probe into Todashev death
Miss. unveils marker for 1963 civil rights sit-in
22 days ago
It's the 12th entry on the Mississippi Freedom Trail, a series of signs the state started putting up in 2011 to remember people and events of the civil rights movement.
Rise of Latino population blurs US racial lines
93 days ago
Latinos are protected as a minority, benefiting from the 1950s civil rights movement pioneered by blacks.
Rights groups urge Kentucky Gov. Beshear to veto religious freedom bill
100 days ago
Federal civil rights laws do not protect gay, lesbian and transgender populations from discrimination, unlike city ordinances approved in Lexington, Louisville, Covington and Vicco.
Commentary: What will our next civil rights breakthrough be?
145 days ago
When I was a child, many white Americans, and most of them in the South, considered Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists to be radicals and trouble-makers.
Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies
157 days ago
A collection of Patterson's Atlanta Constitution columns was published in book form in 2002 as "The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968.
