Sixty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we are still fighting the demons of division and racial inequality.

Republicans have since turned their attention to additional pillars of the social safety net.

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

El Paso County unveiled a historical marker honoring Elvira Villa Escajeda, recognizing her advocacy for families displaced ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Lyndon B. Johnson represented Texas ...

Across central Florida, long stretches of forest, quiet waterways and walking trails follow a route that was never supposed ...

Former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, the nation's longest-serving senator and former "Dixiecrat" candidate for the presidency, died today in Edgefield, S.C. He was 100.

Black Democratic primary voters could pump the brakes on their party’s race to socialism. It’s a role this important Democratic voting bloc has played before, keeping Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) away ...

The Trump White House and its history police want us all to live in their chosen bubble, immune from instability or perceived ...

Pat Oliphant, an influential political cartoonist known for creating caricatures of U.S. and world leaders, died Monday. He ...

Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state governments, ...

A recent article by a certain Republican philanthropist noted that Abraham Lincoln, who emancipated enslaved people, was a Republican, while slave owners were Democrats. This is historically accurate, ...