Civil Rights Archives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested hundreds in Florida and Puerto Rico in March of 2018.

Social Justice

Immigration Advocates Raise Concerns Over San Diego’s Compliance With California Truth Act

The law allows people in local jails to refuse interview requests from ICE, but, in San Diego County, a surprising number of people agreed to an interview.

Maya Srikrishnan

A police officer wears a body camera during an anti-Donald Trump protest in Cleveland

Social Justice

A Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Activists Who Covertly Record Police Interactions

The ruling is an important step forward for the First Amendment's "right to record," which has become increasingly valuable at a time when images of police brutality often go viral.

Mark Joseph Stern

Former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Social Justice

Jeff Sessions’ Last Act: Preventing the DOJ From Investigating Discriminatory Police Departments

Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.

Ian MacDougall

Then-President Barack Obama hugs U.S. Representative John Lewis of Georgia, one of the original marchers at Selma, during an event marking the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7th, 2015.

Social Justice

Civil Rights Protests in the 1960s Changed Attitudes and Voting Patterns

New research presents evidence of the long-term impact of direct action.

Tom Jacobs

Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King lead a civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.

News in Brief

The Impressive Potency of Political Protests

New research finds high-profile demonstrations can have a major impact on congressional races.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Aretha Franklin Wasn’t Just the Queen Of Soul—She Was Also the Godmother of the Protest Song

Franklin didn't set out to make a mark on the anti-war movement, but she did so anyway.

Jared Keller

A U.S. Border Patrol agent stands near the border fence between the United States and Mexico in Nogales, Arizona.

Social Justice

A Federal Court Rules That U.S. Constitutional Protections Apply to a Mexican Teen Shot by Border Patrol

In a potentially landmark decision, a circuit court judge ruled that the Fourth Amendment should protect Elena Rodriguez, who was a Mexican national killed on Mexican soil.

Jack Herrera

Police officers push back demonstrators as they protest against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on January 20th, 2017.

Social Justice

Jury Appears Deadlocked on Fate of Trump Inauguration Protesters

A Washington, D.C., jury appears deadlocked in the cases of three people facing felony charges for destruction of property during protests on President Donald Trump's inauguration day.

Kate Wheeling

Civil rights advocates march in the Harlem section of New York to protest racial violence in Alabama on March 16th, 1965.

Social Justice

New York City’s History of Revolt

In his new book Don Mitchell, an emeritus professor of geography at Syracuse University, uses a unique lens to chronicle New York City through the centuries: its protests.

Mimi Kirk

Social Justice

Felony Charges Against Seven Anti-Trump Protesters Are Dismissed

On Thursday, chastened prosecutors dropped felony charges that seven anti-Trump protesters were facing for their involvement in the #DisruptJ20 march on Inauguration Day 2017.

Jack Denton