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

In a memo to Justice Department staff on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi urged the department to target ...

For example, in 1866, only a year after the war had ended ... rights legislation try to accomplish? Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation.

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

In 2005, though, Mr. Eastman explained that the 14th Amendment was based on a previous law, the 1866 Civil Rights Act, “which quite clearly exempted from the automatic citizenship provisions children ...