Fifty-nine years ago on Aug. 28, throngs of mostly Black people mobilized and convened in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington to advocate for civil and economic rights for African Americans.

The story of Coxeys Army, the first protest march on Washington during the Panic of 1893, had an enduring impact on protests ...

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts ...

Push for civil rights bills continues. In the wake of the march in 1963, Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

This is at least the third time that Sharpton has organized a commemoration of the March on Washington. There was a march in 2000, the 37th anniversary of King’s speech, focused on police ...

The March on Washington’s 60th anniversary: Civil rights leaders look to revive spirit of 1963. Published: Aug. 23, 2023, 6:35 a.m. In this Aug. 28, 1963, file photo the Rev. Martin Luther King ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2013 -- Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, civil-rights leaders and elected officials gathered the site of the original event to decry voter-ID ...

The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with efforts to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what the agency does.

Leaders of March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom marching with signs. From right to left, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, an unidentified man, Eugene Carson Blake, Martin Luther King, Floyd McKissick ...

Wednesday's March on Washington radiated a feeling of Peace and urgency. There were about 200,000 guests in our nation's capitol and yet there was only one minor incident, and that bit of trouble ...