ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) - It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” The ...

There has been so much controversy this year over how we vote and who gets counted. "Voter suppression is something that we have an unfortunate, ugly history around," said UCLA professor Dr. Tyrone ...

DULUTH — Lee Hawkins knows Duluth better than he knows the place he was born. In fairness, he only lived in his birthplace for three months. "I was born in Minot, North Dakota, on the Air Force base ...

Despite the many important advancements in voting rights since the 1965 signing of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), racial and language minorities in particular still face significant obstacles in ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Ferris State University faculty and staff gathered to break ground on a new museum that will house the school's massive collection of racist materials. The university's Jim Crow ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Workers remove the top portion of the Confederate Memorial in Forest Park on Thursday, June 8, 2017, as the city moves to remove ...