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 ...

As a member of the board of advisers for the St. Louis chapter of the Federalist Society, and a Catholic, I believe a ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The governor should have vetoed this bill. We should not set up a "separate but equal" (1896, Plessy v. Ferguson) system in Iowa, for we all know that will be "inherently unequal." (1954 ...

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

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

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

Board of Education that the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional. In the decades since, the Department of Education has played a vital role in ...