Civil Rights News

… Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of civil rights legislation is both a look back at history ..... program, "CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights ," moderated by Bob Schieffer features civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, U.S. Rep …

Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …

… to be among the largest in Denver's history to resolve a civil rights case. Word of a settlement came Tuesday, a day after Denver ..... Mohamedbhai, told reporters that his client "feels that his civil rights have been vindicated. He is proud to be an instrument of …

… protections Monday. The energy company, which has hundreds of millions in federal contracts, has resisted pressure from civil rights groups and shareholders to enumerate such protections in its formal policy. Many companies have added anti-gay bias as …

… GOP-controlled House. "We're here to do what we can to make it right," Obama said. Some prominent gay-rights and civil - rights organizations which had been longtime supporters of that bill announced earlier this month that they were withdrawing their …

… GOP-controlled House. "We're here to do what we can to make it right," Obama said. Some prominent gay-rights and civil - rights organizations which had been longtime supporters of that bill announced earlier this month that they were withdrawing their …

… sparked outrage. Police officer Francis Livoti was dismissed from the NYPD and convicted by a federal jury of violating the civil rights of a Bronx man who died after Livoti apparently used a chokehold on him in 1994. Livoti has denied he used a chokehold …

A black actor who accused Macy's of racially profiling shoppers is settling a civil rights lawsuit he filed after he was stopped and detained at the flagship New York store. Macy's says in a statement Friday that …

… It sought unspecified monetary damages and changes in university policies. The U.S. Justice Department's Office for Civil Rights began a Title IX investigation in December based on complaints filed by four of the plaintiffs and three other women …

… in 2000 and re-elected twice since then, invoked other moments in American history when the courts had to guarantee the civil rights of minorities. He said Florida's ban violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal …

… defender has declined to comment. Zwillinger is alleging civil rights violations by the prison system because they are failing ..... likely the result of 'extreme recklessness' and violated her civil rights . "The folks who work in the prisons have probably one of …

… in 2000 and re-elected twice since then, invoked other moments in American history when the courts had to guarantee the civil rights of minorities. He said Florida's ban violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal …

A Lakewood baker is appealing the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's order that he prepare wedding cakes for ..... the Court of Appeals to reverse the May ruling by the Civil Rights Commission. Phillips was sued by a gay couple after he …

… of Catholic Bishops. The Catholic Campaign said it asked Voz to cut ties with the National Council of La Raza, a Latino civil rights organization that endorses marriage equality. After Voz refused, it "self-disqualified" itself from the funding process …

… fear and hatred in hopes of generating demonstrations similar to recent events in Murrieta, California," said the Latino civil rights group Somos America. The group added that it "condemns those actions and seeks to provide a peaceful alternative to the …

… wide reach of Seigenthaler's career, which included leading the newspapers The Tennessean and USA Today and working as a civil rights adviser during the administration of John F. Kennedy. Seigenthaler also was part of Robert F. Kennedy's presidential …