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Local panelists discussed fostering community even against a backdrop of new state and federal policies that have made life harder for many trans people.

McMillan is being remembered as a leader, teacher and healer who brought people together. "

Norman joined the Cowboys in 1962 and was the force behind integrating players' hotel rooms so they were not assigned by race.

The late civil rights icon is facing allegations of sexually abusing women and girls tied to the farmworker movement. The fallout is already reshaping how he’s honored across Texas, from canceled events to ending a state holiday.

The allegations include claims that Chávez sexually abused women and girls tied to the farmworker movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

The legacy of Cesar Chavez, renowned for decades as a leader in civil rights and labor organizing, is now in question after an investigation by the New York Times on allegations he continuously sexually abused underage girls.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

Patricia Perez, founding member of the Friends of Juanita Craft Civil Rights House and Museum board of directors, remembers her mentor and civil rights icon on Juanita Craft Day — Feb. 9, 2026.

Dallas County commissioners unanimously voted to posthumously exonerate Tommy Lee Walker of Venice Lorraine Walker's rape and murder in 1954.

U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould, of the Northern District of Texas, filed a motion last month to release Garland ISD from a 1970 federal order to desegregate its schools, arguing the district has long been in compliance.

The transit agency commemorated the civil rights icon, whose refusal to give up her seat sparked a bus boycott.

Abbott declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist organization and a transnational criminal organization, invoking a 2023 Texas statute. CAIR is suing the governor, alleging violations of due process and freedom of speech.