Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

The state of Maryland opened bids for a $200M courthouse to house its top appellate courts, a law library, and more.

The state plans to put a five-story courthouse along the same stretch of road, “just north of the Sweeney District Courthouse ...

But just last year, when the Supreme Court overturned a Reagan-era decision requiring federal judges to defer to bureaucratic expertise, progressives were singing a different tune. They were aghast at ...

It is home to the Supreme Court of Maryland, the Appellate Court of Maryland and the Thurgood ... justice for all, while preserving and highlighting our rich legal history,” Chief Supreme ...

Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman ...

Two decades after Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court struck down a desegregation order—and paved the way for today’s retrenchment efforts.

The pathbreaking protégée of Thurgood Marshall, Motley had spent many years ... Under Motley’s cross-examination, W.J. Haley, chief inspector of the Birmingham Police Department, admitted ...