GARY, Ind., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is suing the city of Gary, Ind., for allegedly discriminating against six whites by not hiring them for city jobs.
WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said a federal jury in southern Mississippi has found a former Ku Klux Klan member guilty in the 1964 slayings of two black men.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. House of Representatives and Senate committees are considering legislation this week aimed at solving decades-old civil rights crimes.
CHICAGO, March 16 (UPI) -- The Illinois Native American Bar Association is suing the University of Illinois seeking to force the school to retire Chief Illiniwek as a sports mascot.
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in an Ohio case that state prisoners may file a federal civil rights suit challenging state parole procedures.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Monday it will send monitors Election Day to Cherokee, Delaware and Adair counties in Oklahoma.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in a Chicago case that the statute of limitations on civil rights filings is four years.
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- An internal Justice Department report has identified many cases in which employees have been accused of civil rights and civil liberties violations.
ALBUQUERQUE, Oct. 22 (UPI) --
HOUSTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Three Immigration and Naturalization Service agents were arrested by the FBI Tuesday on civil rights charges for beating an illegal immigrant who later died. Th
