Little Rock Nine
Making the Brown Decision Real. In 1957, U.S. troops escorted nine African Americans into the otherwise all-white Central High School in Little Rock. The plan […]
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Letter From Birmingham Jail
Foundational Document. Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. for bringing attention to the racial injustices of the South and for his efforts to press government for […]
Comparison Case: Obergefell
Court puts equality over states’ rights. In a recent ruling the Supreme Court ruled that states’ legal definitions of traditional, heterosexual marriage and a denial […]
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
The Equal Protection Clause reinterpreted. The NAACP led the effort to desegregate schools through the court system. In fact, the NAACP had filed cases in […]
Sister Souljah Moment
The controversy that coined the term. —From Taegan Goddard’s Political Dictionary Currently: Find a political “Sister Souljah” moment since the 1992 event. Who was the […]