President Lyndon B. Johnson announced to the country his war on poverty in his State of the Union message. He urged all ...

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Robert Caro's ...

A teenage Janis Ian once ran off stage during a performance of "Society's Child," a terrifying experience that ultimately ...

Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led ...

In what some historians consider one of the best political speeches of the 20th century, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, ...

Donald Trump's reversal of a 1965 executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johnson could lead to an increase in workforce barriers ...

The same day that the DOJ and EEOC invoked the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it was reported that Trump issued an executive order last month that undermines that Act. Trump’s order overturned an EO by ...

The Wall Street Journal reports the deal values the rap icon's estate at worth $200 million By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Primary Wave said on Thursday it partnered with The Notorious B.I.G.‘s ...

The segregation clause is one of several identified in a public memo issued by the General Services Administration last month, affecting all civil ... by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 ...

Though the memo emphasized that all contractors—whether or not they work for the government—are “still covered by existing United States laws on civil rights/nondiscrimination,” it ...

President Trump's directive to eliminate "diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts in government led to the repeal of a nondiscrimination order signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 ...