Sir Keir Starmer must drop plans for an official definition of Islamophobia because it could limit freedom of speech, the ...

On April 12, 1963, in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held a press conference after being served a ...

Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights.

Schools with more white children miss out on smaller class sizes and other benefits, the lawsuit says. The policy dates back ...

The most consequential Supreme Court case involving race in the current session centers on whether Louisiana must, per the Voting Rights Act, have not one, but two, majority Black congressional ...

For a state long considered a progressive political force, California’s record on desegregating its own public schools is abysmal. In fact, a new study says, intense school segregation by race and ...

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At 42, Tameka Bostick decided she wanted to learn how to swim. Bostick said she tried to sign her teenager up for lessons, too, but her daughter said she wanted her mother to learn to swim first. "'Ma ...

The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has filed a lawsuit against Stone Mountain Park over a planned exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. The park's board ...

Video above: Transfer program aims to combat racial isolation in Jefferson County SchoolsWhen the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its ...