US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee’s spot

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her ...

National Center for Civil and Human Rights offers free admission for Universal Human Rights Day

The Home Depot Foundation is sponsoring free entry as the Center unveils newly renovated galleries honoring the Universal ...

Civil rights probes at Pa. schools appear to lag after federal cuts

Some Pennsylvania school districts facing civil rights investigations say they haven't heard from federal officials since ...
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The Black Teen Civil Rights Trailblazer Whose Statue Just Took Over a D.C. Confederate General’s

Five years after a statue of a Confederate general was removed from the Capitol, a statue of one lesser known civil rights ...

Minnesota county pays $3.25M to settle sisters’ civil rights suit

The case focused on an investigation that began three years ago, into allegations that were later determined to be bogus.

Civil rights activist Bishop William C. Harris dies, family says

Bishop Harris died Dec. 9 after a “long battle with cancer,” said his daughter Carlotta Harrell, who’s also chair of the ...

Rep Pressley pushes AI Civil Rights Act, aimed to ‘especially’ protect Black, Brown and marginalized people

Rep. Ayanna Pressley reintroduced the AI Civil Rights Act to prevent companies from using what Democrats referred to as ...