Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the “separate but equal” doctrine of … More

On this date, Howard Smith of Virginia, chairman of the House Rules Committee, introduced the Southern Manifesto in a speech on the House Floor. … More

Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to … More

In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a … More

Does the First Amendment protect lying?  Depending upon the context, the answer is either “no,” “yes,” or “maybe.”  It is … More

The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half … More

There’s a thread that links the partisan gerry­man­der­ing of congres­sional maps in North Caro­lina, attempts to dissolve the Wiscon­sin Elec­tion … More

The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word … More

The Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society (SFASS) was founded in Salem, Massachusetts in 1832. It was established by and for free … More

Harriet Robinson Scott (c. 1820 – June 17, 1876) was an African American woman who fought for her freedom alongside her … More

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the Beecher family, a religious family, … More

Nineteenth-century, middle-class American women saw their behavior regulated by a social system known today as the cult of domesticity, which … More