A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

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When Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence in the weeks leading up July 4, 1776, he wanted to not only ...

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...

Key Takeaways: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Hobbs Act does not require district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to follow federal administrative agencies’ legal ...

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing. The majority opinion was written by Justice ...

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Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...