. WELCOME BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS. THERE IS PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT IN AUSTIN AS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE CROWD AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT. THATS RIGHT, THE THREE-DAY EVENT CELEBRATES THE ...

The Vermont Human Rights Commission will host its first 'Civil Rights Summit' in person at the Vermont State University ...

Students at the University of Texas School of Law have a better than usual chance of running into a current or former U.S. president—or four—this week. Students at the University of Texas ...

In this latest Civil Rights Summit convened by MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton, Education leaders including former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi ...

The Jefferson Educational Society continued its Global Summit speaker series on Thursday night. Journalist and political ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Former President Bill Clinton used the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act to criticize efforts in several states to restrict voting, notably photo identification requirements, ...

At the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age AI Summit, leaders convened to evaluate the civil rights landscape of artificial intelligence and tech, and how we can call for policies that center ...

Mayor Julián Castro defended immigration reform during the Civil Rights Summit in Austin this week. Castro, an honorary co-chair of the summit, and former Republican Governor of Mississippi, Haley ...