Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...

A group of civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order requiring proof ...

When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton supposedly replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” Social Security is a ...

Born into enslavement in Tennessee, Gillespie resettled in Milwaukee by the mid-1850s and challenged local officials who ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Friday marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights activists, including the late Congressman John ...

ATLANTA — Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late ...