Although one would hope the legal profession, based on fundamental ideas of equality and due process, would be mostly immune from such a tarnished reputation, reality failed to meet the rhetorical standard set by the ideals of the law. Here are eight African American attorneys who pioneered the...
The Juneteenth celebration was a time for reassuring each other, for praying and for gathering remaining family members. Juneteenth continued to be highly revered in Texas decades later, with many former slaves and descendants making an annual pilgrimage back to Galveston on this date.JUNETEENTH....
" being met by police, and ultimately being evicted for her efforts. She asked, in the speech, "Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off of the hook?
" being met by police, and ultimately being evicted for her efforts. She asked, in the speech, "Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off of the hook?