The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...

Meet the powerful voices leading Civil Rights Movement 2.0, from attorneys to community organizers, as they tackle systemic racism and advocate for Black lives.

Historians describe the debate over extending civil rights to former slaves that divided the country after the Civil War. The same issues would re-emerge decades later, in the civil rights ...

President Trump issued a sweeping executive order revoking decades of diversity and affirmative action practices in federal ...

The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform ...

For many people, Donald J. Trump being sworn in as president on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is antithetical to the legacy of the civil rights icon.

A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection, currently featuring a selection of our award-winning films from Stanley Nelson (Firelight), documenting pivotal moments in the 20th century civil rights ...