On This Day, The Little Rock Nine Started School
Today in 1957, nine African American students were escorted by federal troops through a screaming white crowd into…
Remember the Leesburg Stockade Girls
Fifty five years ago this month, a group of teenage girls were locked in a 19th-century stockade in the Georgia heat,…
Linda Brown, Who Sparked Brown V. Board Of Education Case, Dies at 75
Linda Brown, who in 1951 became the leading figure in the Brown v. Board of Education case, died on Sunday in Kansas.…
Sandra Bundy, Whose Landmark Case Changed Sexual Harassment Laws, Gets Film Treatment
In 1981, Sandra Bundy won her court case Bundy v. Jackson, which established that sexual harassment in the workplace…
Appeals Court Rules That Civil Rights Act Protects LGBTQ Workers
On Monday, a Manhattan US Appeals court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects people from discrimination…
The Education Department Will Reject Bathroom Complaints from Transgender Students
The Department of Education confirmed with BuzzFeed on Monday that they will not look at complaints from transgender…
The Internet Salutes Civil Rights Activist and Comic Forefather Dick Gregory
Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who passed away on Saturday at age 84, will be missed.
Chicago Court Rules That Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Employees from Workplace Discrimination
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled that LGBT employees are protected from workplace discrimination…
New York Man Charged With Hate Crime For Attacking Two Transgender Women Trying to Enter a McDonald's
A 38-year-old Long Island man named Patrick O’Meara has been charged with a hate crime after assaulting two transgender…
Trump Administration Withdraws Defense of Obama's Transgender Student Policy
The Trump administration—not a big fan of injunctions lately or being told what to do, period—is also obviously fine…
Martin Luther King III Calls His Meeting With Donald Trump 'Constructive'
Today, President-elect Donald Trump met Martin Luther King III—one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s sons—at Trump Tower. And…
Rep. John Lewis: 'I Don't See This President-Elect As a Legitimate President'
Citing Russian interference in the election, civil rights hero and Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. John Lewis tol…
President Obama Names Five New National Monuments, Including Those That Honor Civil Rights Movement
And now for some good news: on Thursday, President Obama named five new national monuments, establishing his legacy as…
Watch Rep. John Lewis Passionately Invoke Civil Rights Movement in Protest of Sessions Nomination
Today’s confirmation hearing for Sen. Jeff Sessions’s Attorney General appointment was unusual in that three sitting…
Andra Day and Bonnie Raitt Pay Tribute to Mavis Staples, Bard of the Civil Rights Movement
Mavis Staples, the gospel and R&B legend who was a prominent voice of the civil rights movement, was one of the artists…
After Nearly a Month, Pat McCrory Concedes to Roy Cooper in North Carolina Governor's Race
In a video released on Monday, Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory ended almost a full month of political…
Imagine Being Such a Piece of Shit That You Show Up at a Black Lives Matter Protest in a Gorilla Mask
An East Tennessee State University student has been criminally charged after he showed up at a Black Lives Matter…
A Muslim Woman Mistaken For a Terrorist Filed a Civil Rights Suit Against the Chicago Police
Itemid Al-Matar filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers who…
Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Appointed to Baltimore Schools Cabinet
Noted Black Lives Matter activist and the former mayoral candidate for the city of Baltimore DeRay Mckesson has been…
Today's a Good Day to Remember Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama
Today’s Google Doodle honors the birthday and legacy of Yuri Kochiyama, one of the most overlooked and dogged civil…