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What happens over the next months and years will say more about American society and its boundaries of acceptance than it ever could about Jason Collins or Kirk Walker or Kevin McClatchy or Martina Navratilova.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox announced Tuesday that their scheduled Aug. 24 game against the Texas Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field will now be called the "Civil Rights Game." Read the entire story....

The Chicago White Sox announced Tuesday that their scheduled Aug. 24 game against the Texas Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field will now be called the "Civil Rights Game."

A nonprofit group sued the NCAA on Wednesday over a new policy that bars felons from coaching NCAA-sanctioned events.

FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) chief executive Piara Powar believes remarks made by AC Milan vice president Paolo Berlusconi about striker Mario Balotelli show that racism is a "disease" in Italian society.

A half-century ago, Mississippi State and Loyola played a game that made civil rights and college basketball history. Now it's all but forgotten. On Saturday, the story will be told again as the two schools square off for the first time since.

The installation of tents in which away fans were searched for flares before Eintracht Frankfurt's game at Bayern Munich has been described an "intensive intrusion into civil rights" by fan lawyers.

Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali has been awarded the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia.

As the grandson of one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, Ralph David Abernathy IV is tasked with continuing his family's work. He's looking to effect change through football.

The persuasive power of President Lyndon B. Johnson is the stuff of Washington legend. Selling ice to Eskimos is nothing. As the Senate majority leader and again as president, LBJ sold civil rights legislation to a Senate controlled by Southern segre...

Recruiting may seem to reach new heights each year, but 40 years ago, Texas called in a former president to lobby on its behalf. But even LBJ couldn't pry Joe Washington from Oklahoma's grasp.

There has been plenty of reaction to Margaret Court's recent comments opposing equal gay rights, and it doesn't erase the irony that the former tennis great is using a platform gained from one civil rights movement to condemn another.

A federal judge has temporarily banned the public release of any documents or video related to civil rights lawsuits brought over the fatal shooting of a college football player by police.

Deacon Jones offers his opinions on the NFL's possible return to Los Angeles.

Carlos Santana on Sunday used baseball's annual Civil Rights Game as a platform to admonish Georgia and Arizona for their new immigration laws.

Major League Baseball is coming to the home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to pay tribute to those whose life's work embodies the spirit of the Civil Rights movement.