"As the Court has explained, States possess 'no authority to override' Congress’s 'decision to subject state' officials 'to ...

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

Black History Month in February is celebrated by the Cherokee Nation as this year marks the 159th year of Cherokee Freedmen ...

After the Justice Department filed a written defense of the president's birthright citizenship order, some people feared an ...

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Black politicians during the Reconstruction era played a critical role in the creation and development of the U.S. public ...

1866, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto to enact the nation’s first civil rights law. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared freed Black Americans were citizens entitled to ...

As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...

The attorneys said that because the Civil Rights Act of 1866 excluded "Indians not taxed" from the legislation, the 14th Amendment also was meant to exclude Indians. Next, the Justice Department ...

Environmental justice advocates’ work just got even more difficult, but powerful legal statutes leave them with some support.