MLK Files Release Renews Debate Over His Legacy

The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country.

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1965 Was the Last Time a President Bypassed a Governor to Deploy the National Guard

Before Saturday, the last time a president made use of Guard troops to deal with civil unrest without being asked to do so by the state’s governor was in 1965.

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Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past

Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.

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Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past

Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.

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White Supremacist Is Charged in 2019 Arson at Tennessee Civil Rights Landmark

Regan Prater set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center and took credit for it in encrypted messages, prosecutors said.

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Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities

The provision had been in place since the civil rights era.

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Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance Records

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I. and the department.

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A Play About Segregation Tries to ‘Ride a Fine Line’ in Florida

A production partly aimed at students that highlights Tampa’s history in the civil rights movement lands at a time when the state is changing what schools teach about race and history.

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Hazel N. Dukes, Longtime Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 92

She was president of the national N.A.A.C.P. in the early 1990s and headed the organization’s New York State Conference from 1977 until her death.

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Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event

After President Trump put in new leadership at the National Archives, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta abruptly canceled several events.

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