Choosing where you want to live seems like a basic right. But before the 1940s, not everyone had that choice because of restrictive covenants – agreements to not sell homes to people of certain races. That was until JD and Ethel Shelley got...
Ever wonder why a new appointment to the Supreme Court is such big news? Of the three branches that make up the Federal Government, it’s arguably the judiciary – the courts system – that has the greatest impact upon our...
A landmark case, known as Brown versus Board of Education, thrust Linda Brown, who was just 9-years-old at the time, into the national spotlight, as she fought – and won – against segregation in the American school...