The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone of U.S. civil rights law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. This landmark legislation outlawed segregation ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's Room, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC. LBJ Library, photo by ...

Timeline: Key Dates in the Century-Long Battle Over the Equal Rights Amendment The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first ...

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was particularly important because: The everyday experience of black Americans did not change significantly as a result of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. However ...