Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice movements today.

Over 100 rabbis and cantors in the Chicago area have signed a letter denouncing the Trump administration’s recent series of ...

On this new podcast, author and Fox News analyst Juan Williams is out with a new book, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” which looks at what ...

Two Chicago civil rights legends, former Mayor Harold Washington and activist Asa Philip Randolph, were honored on their shared birthday.

The Mendez family is suing the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department, accusing officers of violating their civil ...

Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past administrations have enforced civil rights law.

Philip Randolph set the stage for the Civil Rights movement by forming and leading ... those he represented are highlighted in a museum in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, the historic home ...

In 1963, King went to Chicago repeatedly to support the growing movement ... with three of four white Californians supporting it. Much of the work of the civil rights movement was unpopular in its own ...

Leaders of Chicago area immigrant rights groups gathered in Federal Plaza ... communications director for the Chicago office of the American Civil Liberties Union, released this statement ...