Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III ...

A few months after Evers’ killing in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down. The deaths of civil rights leaders ...

In February 1963 Kennedy submitted a civil rights bill to Congress that did not address the important issue of integration of public facilities. He did little to support the bill and it floundered.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WABI) - Governor Janet Mills was presented with the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on Thursday. Governor Mills was one of three 2025 Human Rights Award Laurates ...

“I am honored to receive this recognition named for former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, a heroic champion for civil rights and the rule of law that governs our nation and inspires the ...

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS has placed LGBTQ people at the center of the bull’s-eye by stripping away access to health ...

Civil rights giants are in the capital city for a weekend of remembrance to commemorate what would have been Medgar Evers' 100th birthday.The first event was Thursday night, with a panel discussion ...

She met Robert F. Kennedy in 1945 through his sister, Jean Kennedy, on a ski trip. The couple married in 1950 and had 11 children. Ethel Kennedy’s life, like that of many of her family members ...