Apr 11 Gwen’s Take: The arc of history and the Civil Rights Act By Gwen Ifill From where I sit in Washington -- as midterm malaise sets in once again -- it’s breathtaking to look back on a time when so much got done. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 3:59 50 years on, honoring the Southern Democrat who spearheaded the Civil Rights Act By PBS News Hour Half a century ago, Lyndon Johnson signed landmark legislation outlawing discrimination based on race, ethnicity and sex. At a summit honoring this chapter of Johnson’s legacy, President Obama applauded the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for opening doors of opportunity… Continue watching
Apr 10 Obama pays tribute to Civil Rights Act at 50 By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HOUSTON -- Barack Obama was 2 years old when Lyndon Baines Johnson sat in the East Room of the White House with Martin Luther King Jr. and signed the Civil Rights Act, putting an end to an America where schools,… Continue reading
Apr 09 Obama goes back to Fort Hood By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Obama speaks again after a tragedy Hillary Clinton says Putin must be contained Are some Republicans already taking the bait on women? Start watching those House races Obama goes back to Ft. Hood: President Obama… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch Bipartisanship Put to Test in Light of Political Realities When the stimulus bill was passed with no Republican votes in the House and little GOP support in the Senate, questions arose on the state of bipartisan ties with the new Obama administration. Historians give their perspectives on how bipartisanship… Continue watching
Jan 29 In Signing First Bill Into Law, Obama Touts Equal-pay for All By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law Thursday, an equal-pay measure championed by labor and women's rights backers, reversing a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Analysts Consider Obama on Iraq, Legacy of Jesse Helms Columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru debate the potential impact of presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Iraq and other news, including the death of former senator Jesse Helms. Continue watching
May 06 Watch Mildred Loving, Key Figure in Civil Rights Era, Dies In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Mildred Loving, a black woman married to a white man, had been prosecuted under one such Virginia law in 1958… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Americans Reflect on Evolution of King’s Legacy On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, leaving the civil rights movement he led to forge its own path. A panel of analysts discuss King's complex legacy… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Discrimination Case The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could influence the way courts handle racial discrimination cases throughout the country. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains the details of the case. Continue watching