Jacobs' bill, which supporters have dubbed the "Truman Amendment" in a nod to President Harry Truman's 1948 order to racially ...

Local residents expressed skepticism at a meeting Wednesday about the legislation proposed by Desegregate CT, a statewide organization whose mission is to create more affordable housing ...

Announcer: At home the cause of freedom meets so severe test in New Orleans, Louisiana. Federal Court orders to disaggregate public schools meet opposition. Negro mothers calmly show the way as ...

In the 1960′s, Elnora Robertson was the first Black woman to sign documents and file a lawsuit to desegregate the public schools in Natchitoches Parish. The suit was victorious. The Voters League, PTA ...

Last year’s hearing on a bill backed by advocacy group Desegregate CT was marked by a conversation between then-Rep. Kimberly ...

Randall was one of 15 young people, most of whom were still in high school, who boarded buses on Feb. 25, 1961, in the first reported demonstration to desegregate the buses of the Bibb Transit Co ...

Groups such as NAACP have long been at the forefront of fights to desegregate schools and ensure voting rights and civil ...

It’s Women’s History Month, and since March has 31 days, we made a list of 31 Cincinnati women who made an impact and paved ...

The Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum in Baltimore, Maryland celebrates and highlights the Baltimore educator’s contributions to ...

It took decades for HISD to fully desegregate its schools. White served three terms on HISD's School Board, dedicating her career to the cause, before returning to teaching. When she retired ...