Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI ...

The 14th Amendment was introduced to help racial justice. Trump’s plans ensure the opposite - Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S.

Select from over a dozen metrics to see disparities in outcomes along racial and ethnic lines across the United States. (Getty Stock Images)| (Getty Stock Images)| A U.S. News analysis shows where ...

The Racial Equality in America project from U.S. News aims to highlight the difference in experiences between racial and ethnic groups across the U.S. by examining disparities in key societal ...

1976 Race Relations Act Set up a Commission for Racial Equality to promote racial equality. 1998 Crime and Disorder Act Made harsher punishments for hate crimes based on race or religion.

The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...

Transit was a core component of segregation in the South, as the 1947 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) pamphlet and Bayard Rustin song, "You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow" attests. Keeping whites ...

Gov. Maura Healey designated Feb. 4 in Massachusetts as Rosa Parks Day, in celebration of the civil rights activist's legacy ...

The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination ... are overly lenient with protesters of progressive ...