With the words "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the Supreme Court reversed legalized segregation.
The murder trial of Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam laid bare the racism that ruled Mississippi.
White segregationists who opposed school integration channeled their ire into a new movement: Citizens' Councils.
No one served time for the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. But history holds these three accountable.
Meet the boy whose murder ignited a movement.
In 1955, Mamie Till was unwillingly thrust into American history by her son's murder.
Moses Wright's testimony in the trial of his great-nephew's killers stands as one of the bravest moments in American history.
A Mississippi sheriff becomes a symbol of southern intransigence in the Emmett Till case.
There is no such thing as “Mr. Yoga,” but there was a “Mr. Pilates.” Explore the popular fitness regime’s surprising roots in WWI.
Helen Dore Boylston served in France with a medical team that treated more casualties than any other group of American doctors and nurses during the conflict.
A composer for The Great War reveals his research process and the challenges he faced in creating music for the film.
How does a composer create music to reflect the mood and feelings of the film, without editorializing the subject?
