In 1787, the U.S. Constitution was amended to include the Fugitive Slave Clause. This clause made it illegal for enslaved ...

When Lexie Webster integrated an Indianapolis neighborhood in 1963, fences went up. She spent her 96 years breaking down ...

The Color of Law is a call to action for a new constitutional movement to own up to the long history of official discrimination throughout the country—a history that persisted long after slavery, and ...

Editor: Every so often someone writes this paper proclaiming how Republicans have always championed civil rights and true equality while the mean old Democrats have been against minorities from the ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

As fireworks light up the night sky, let us remember that the truth is also a source of light. America's promise remains ...