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 ...

One researcher argues a general's 200-year-old Kentucky will, and others like it, support the case for present-day ...

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 ...

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

With grace, humility, and conviction Sherrilyn Ifill reminds us that there is always good work to be done—and that, in fact, we are the ones who must do it.

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

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

The appeals court, which was the highest court in Kentucky from 1792 to 1975, made front-page news in 1891 when ... in such landmark decisions as Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, which created the ...

First introduced in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements for ratification. But its constitutionality is still an open question.

In 1849, one family took on segregation in Boston, laying early groundwork for that Supreme Court victory nearly a century ...

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

Ferguson before it was handed down.” The landmark 1896 “separate, but equal” ruling became the legal basis for racial segregation across the U.S. until the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ...