The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new direction, away from the civil rights ...

Johnson signed the groundbreaking Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Standing behind him and receiving special recognition for his great efforts in the long and perilous struggle was Dr. Martin ...

The 60-year-old landmark Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation in public places and banned ... but was signed into law in August of 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson. Civil rights activists said the ...

President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office has sparked concerns he is rolling back decades of civil rights protections ...

Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based ... It was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson at a time when “White” and “Colored” signs still hung over ...

When large bipartisan majorities of Congress enacted and subsequently amended the nation’s major civil rights laws during ...

but in Congress," NAACP President Derrick Johnson said. After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights ...