In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...

WASHINGTON — On this day in 1964, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a groundbreaking bill that outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

President Donald Trump's transgender policy began with a Day One executive order delegitimizing gender identity. Now it has encroached on a conspicuous place, removing the word "transgender" from ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

Facial recognition shows us that when complex and evolving technology such as AI is deployed in the real world, as opposed to ...

Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.

The East Rosedale Monument Project creates a history stop, where visitors can learn about the fight to end racial segregation ...

February is Black History Month, and 7News is speaking to experts about some noteworthy and historic African Americans figures that impacted the D.C.-area.Mary ...

it did so after an or-else demand that the news agency change its style from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” in line with the president's executive order The Latest Civil ...

On February 9, 1964, John, Paul, George and Ringo achieved just this during their debut performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” The Beatles had formed four years prior, with John Lennon ...

The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...