The Latest Breaking News from Civil Rights

At the time, as I entered the temporary exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, there was little idea how the moment, by turning to the room to the left, would so tie in with the reason I was in Memphis, Tenn.

Lois Curtis, an artist with an intellectual disability who brought a landmark civil rights lawsuit that gave people with disabilities the right to live outside of institutions, has died.

Former Memphis, Tenn., police officer Sam Blue has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate civil rights by using force, violence and intimidation and conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce. Blue gave police information and equipment…

The neighborhood has launched three lawsuits: over a sewage treatment plant, unsafe bridge construction, and now a desalination plant.

In the two cases, brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions argues that race-conscious admissions violate the Civil Rights Act

Kanye West has shared a graphic picture of Emmett Till's dead body on Instagram as he took aim at businessman Ari Emanuel following the closure of the rapper's Donda Academy

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent decades in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965.

WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.

Since 2007, Hillcrest residents have sued to challenge plans for a sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood, and then bridge construction.