Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III ...

Marion Nestle watched, deeply surprised, last month as bits and pieces of her long-time efforts to sound alarms about food industry influence on research and government trickled out of a Capitol Hill ...

“I am honored to receive this recognition named for former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, a heroic champion for civil rights and the rule of law that governs our nation and inspires the ...

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to ...

HONORING A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON. CIVIL RIGHTS GIANTS IN THE CAPITAL CITY FOR A WEEKEND OF REMEMBRANCE. AS JACKSON CELEBRATES WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MEDGAR EVERS 100TH BIRTHDAY. >> THIS WEEKEND OF PANELS ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be one of the most pro-abortion rights HHS secretaries in American history. His nomination is an insult to the millions of Americans who believe in the dignity of life.

When we teach American history, it can feel like the subject of civil rights is stuck in the 1960s. But civil rights continue to change over time, sometimes expanding, and sometimes even diminishing.

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III ...

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III ...