Civil Rights

The plaintiffs say the problem is particularly acute in Miami-Dade, Broward, Duval, and Orange counties, which have large black populations.

Sonya Mallard’s sense of home in Florida deepened in 2013 when she discovered the Moore Cultural Complex in Mims near Titusville, where she became the cultural coordinator.

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched an investigation into UT and Hillsborough County Schools under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

A new Florida Civil Rights Museum makes national history as the first-ever virtual gallery of its kind.

The groups say the state's process for redetermining coverage eligibility is unfair to recipients who are Latino, immigrant or Black.

Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.

Joseph Holt, artistic director of Choral Artists of Sarasota, says the Florida premiere of the performance "is an important piece to present at this point."

"We can't learn from the past if we don't even acknowledge that it existed."

A protracted legal fight over how city council districts were drawn in Jacksonville reflects an aspect of redistricting that often remains in the shadows.

The federal lawsuit claims the state has maintained “a segregated system of higher education” and that Florida’s disparate funding and support for FAMU violates constitutional equal-protection rights.

Desmond Meade was recently named as a MacArthur Foundation fellow for 2021 — commonly known as a “genius" grant. He discusses honor and his activism in passing Amendment 4 in 2018.

Dr. Opie sheds light on the role food played in the life of another Harlem Renaissance-era Floridian, James Weldon Johnson.