Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation ...

Black Louisianians’ yearslong battle for equal voting representation makes its third appearance at the Supreme Court next ...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Thursday strongly condemned President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the ...

Segregation is illegal in the US. But President Trump's administration is removing anything that benefits people of specific ...

Racial discrimination cases and access to educational services are likely in jeopardy as Trump moves to eliminate the 45-year ...

We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order.” Seems the word “for” is missing. This is what is called a Freudian slip: a verbal ...

It’s a rare time when we’re going to be rooting against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, whom we’re fans of, but today ...

Notwithstanding its striking contradictions and socio-political challenges, the United States, a foundation UN member, ...

Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Ames, said this provision in the bill “takes us back” to the time of Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal ...

“In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional. In the decades ...