Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of enslaved people who became wealthy because of the institution of slavery. His Indian Removal Act forced more than 50,000 Native Americans off their ancestral homes, opening up the land for white settlement.

The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government and the private sector.

During Selma's 60th anniversary of the voting rights campaign, civil rights activists prepare for a second Donald Trump presidency. Linda Lowery was ... young people to get involved in a nonviolent movement and training us on the principles of nonviolence.”

Lawyers and advocacy organizations are encouraging members of the LGBTQ+ community to act quickly to protect the rights that are still in place after President Donald Trump signed an executive ... The nonprofit advocates for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ ...

Massive protests are out. Democrats are taking a more methodical approach to Donald Trump’s second term in office.

One of President Donald Trump’s several broken campaign promises was highlighted by a question Thursday as he spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he refused to say if Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine would be over in a year.

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of

ATLANTA (AP) — A White House order to freeze federal grants reflects a theory of presidential power that Donald ... with Trump’s executive actions, notably on LGBTQ+ issues, civil rights ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president ... collaborated and clashed with King throughout the Civil Rights Movement. “Our mission doesn’t change.

President Joe Biden is spending the last full day of his presidency in South Carolina — a state that helped propel him to the White House in 2020.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast takes place every year to honor the civil rights leader’s legacy, and this year, it happened just as a new president was being sworn in.