CIVIL RIGHTS

If you turned to the History Channel today, MLK Jr Day, hoping for a show about Martin Luther King Jr or civil rights you were treated to 'American Picker' and 'Pawn Stars' marathons instead.

Edgar Ray Killen, one of the men behind the 'Mississippi Burning' killings, died in prison at the age of 92.

A federal lawsuit citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 claims a transgender woman was referred to as “thing” and “it” by her Sam’s Club co-workers, as superiors egged on her harassment and firing.  

Civil rights activist groups such as National Action Network (NAN) and We Demand Justice were planning to stage a protest Saturday, in front of the Troy Police Department, Alabama, to demand action against police officers who were involved in the alleged beating up of Wilkerson.

Congressional Black Caucus' chairman released a statement after the White House criticized Reps. John Lewis and Bennie Thompson, who said they would not attend the opening of a civil rights museum in Mississippi.

Despite its vast wealth, the U.S. has huge equality gaps.

The proposal comes as the Trump administration looks for ways to streamline work and cut down budgets of many federal agencies.

A new book argues that harsh criminal justice measures came from both conservative demagogues and from black leaders looking to protect civil rights.

In addition to costumed comic and video game enthusiasts, this year's Comic-Con featured a civil rights legend.

Activists fear the education secretary's meeting with groups sympathetic with rape accused will be a wrong turn in the fight against campus sexual harassment.

The poet and author would have been 89 years old Tuesday.

Asa Hutchinson said merging the two holidays together gave people "a false choice."

"We, people of faith and moral conscience, reclaim Valentine's Day as a day of revolutionary love, day of rising," the women's marchers said.

The unrelated incidents were part of a bloody weekend for the city that left 27 people shot.

The woman who said Till made sexual comments toward her that led to his death admitted she lied.

The mother of civil rights would have been 104 years old Saturday.

Fred Korematsu, who led the resistance against Japanese internment, would have turned 98 years old on Monday.

Prosecutors filed charges against officer Lowell Houser just a few days after the Justice Department released a scathing report on the city police department's use of force.

More than 800,000 are expected to be in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against the future president.

The Alabama native first met her husband while in college in Boston.

A Justice Department investigation found the Chicago Police Department used excessive force and violated the civil rights of residents.