J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...

Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, ...

In your Black History Moment, we remember the Homer G. Phillips Hospital and salute the nurses who lived to experience its greatness. The hospital is named after a Black civil ...

Kim Kardashian is set to star in the upcoming legal drama 'All's Fair', created by Ryan Murphy about an all-female team of divorce lawyers.

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was Richmond’s ...

Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, educator ... Johnson was the first African-American world heavyweight champion and a controversial figure during his time. According to writer and historian Geoffrey ...

Saleh’s a first-generation farmer in New York, a state that has been hemorrhaging farms and farmland over the last few ...

Kennedy is a notable environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and former presidential candidate turned Donald Trump ally.