Section 105 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975d ... other than a requirement of the filing of a written and signed statement of the facts upon which the proceeding is based, the ...

Donald Trump overturned a 1965 executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johnson banning segregation for federal contractors.

A group of civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order requiring proof ...

Bush, Obama and Trump administrations to extend the Civil Rights Act’s protections to Jews through the Education Department. An executive order signed by Trump led to a series of federal ...

The Trump administration said DEI policies may violate the landmark Civil Rights Act after it ends ban on 'segregated facilities.' ...

The bill signing by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has ...

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...

His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed it into law on July 2, 1964. It achieved many of the aims of a Reconstruction-era law, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which was passed but soon overturned.

Senate File 418 removes gender identity as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which shields Iowans from discrimination.

Complaints filed under the Iowa Civil Rights Act go through several steps ... appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate. A law change signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last year shrunk the ...