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During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...
Now the freshly minted candidate for governor of Ohio is at it again with an analogy aimed at Gavin Newsom that nicely illustrates the adage from This Is Spinal Tap that “there’s a fine line between ...
President George H.W. Bush ordered in the guard following the 1992 L.A. riots in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, but he did so at the request of Calif. Gov Pete Wilson and L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley.
The last time was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard to protect Civil Rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
(THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. TV reporters and photographers were there ...
As Elon Musk threatens to float a new political party in protest against Donald Trump's massive spending bill, the spotlight ...
The occasion became a publicity stunt for Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. He temporarily blocked the entrance to Foster Auditorium, intent on stopping the court-ordered registration of three Black ...
President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell protests in Los Angeles over ...