Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation. It outlaws racial discrimination in public accommodations -- hotels, transportation, opera houses ...

Southerners felt the need to introduce a specific legal system of racial control. After the 1875 Civil Rights Act was struck down as unconstitutional, the door was open for Southern states to ...

His work helped push forward milestone legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In his final years, King turned his attention toward economic justice and ...

On Wednesday March 13, Nancy Pelosi introduced the so-called Equality Act, a bill that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes under federal civil rights ...

A Louisiana immigration judge says Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk The Latest Maine officials say the state will not comply with a ...

As legislation on voting rights ... Rights Act, meaning only the U.S. attorney general can bring lawsuits to enforce Section 2. 17 In doing so, the court stripped individuals and civil rights ...