Civil Rights
Belle Da Costa Greene: Passing Fancy
A black activist's daughter reinvented herself on the other side of the color line
Civil Rights
Birthright Citizenship: Who Gets to Be an American
From Dred Scott to anchor babies, 'Born in the USA' has caused hot debate
Korean War Figures
Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator
The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King Jr.’s First Assassination Attempt
A decade before he was gunned down, a madwoman stuck a shiv in the civil rights leader's chest.
Civil Rights
Bloodshed in ‘Magic Valley’
In 1915, as Anglos displaced Hispanics on the U.S. side of the lower Rio Grande Valley, Mexican Sedicionistas exploited tensions to foment a race war
Civil Rights
Insight: Ahead of Her Time
Ella Lonn’s publications, in both quantity and topical reach, made her the most important woman in the field between the 1920s and the 1950s.
Civil Rights
SCOTUS 101: Closing Down Covenants
SHELLEY V. KRAEMER, 334 US1 (1948)—RESTRICTIVE REAL ESTATE COVENANTS
Civil Rights
On the Bus a Decade Before Rosa Parks
Irene Morgan's 'back of the bus' case went to the Supreme Court in 1946, well before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
Civil Rights
National Anthem No Stranger to Perilous Fights Despite Kaepernick Affair
'Star-Spangled Banner' controversial long before QB Kaepernick sparked movement
