The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...

But that ended in July 1964 when the U.S. Congress passed the “landmark civil rights and law that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.’’ ...

For a time this month, the federal government knew it wanted to get an Alabama Civil Rights landmark off its books. Yet Washington didn’t actually know what the Montgomery Bus Station — home ...

In what some historians consider one of the best political speeches of the 20th century, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, ...

Norman Wong stood Friday at the location in San Francisco’s Chinatown where the birth of his ancestor, Wong Kim Ark, more than 150 years ago set in motion the establishment of birthright citizenship ...

Bush, the first GOP presidential candidate to visit the civil rights landmark, spent the morning at the school. Later Friday, the Texas governor was the guest of honor at a $1,000-a-plate ...

In what may escalate to a landmark Supreme Court battle over abortion rights, acting Ulster County Clerk, Taylor Bruck, has ...

Maxine Smith, Dorothy Truitt Walk and Cornelia Crenshaw were civil rights leaders who challenged injustice and made a difference for all Memphians.

Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights activists, also known as foot soldiers, marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to fight for the right to vote for Black people. As they ...

WASHINGTON - In a move aimed at reducing “roadblocks” to its immigration crackdown, the Trump administration has fired most employees within the Department of Homeland Security's Office for ...

Burnham celebrated her 110th birthday at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain, making her the oldest person living in ...