The U.S. Department of Justice is pausing all active litigation being done by its civil rights division. How could this freeze affect Memphis' cases?

America has waited decades for the full release of documents relating to the killings of JFK, RFK and MLK. That wait may soon be over.

Donald Trump's executive order directs the director of national intelligence and the attorney general, once confirmed, to ...

A federal judge ruled to replace a private attorney who monitors the Memphis Police Department with two lawyers employed by ...

Martin Luther King Jr., Pete Seeger, Charis Horton, Rosa Parks and Ralph Abernathy at Highlander Folk School in 1957. The Cumberland ridge of middle Tennessee may seem to be a far cry from the ...

She emphasized, “The dream is still alive. Sometimes we feel as if it is deferred. We’ve been telling our students, ‘Don’t ...

These change-makers are helping to implement policies that uplift the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s mission for equality and justice. By Shannon Dawson, article courtesy of NewsOne.com The icon ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

While the movement achieved critical victories in securing legal rights and breaking down systemic injustice, it fell short ...

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...

Civil rights leaders this week characterized President Donald Trump's executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government as "an attack on people." ...