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Nixon counters claims that he used an $18,000 contribution for personal expenses, but he admits that his dog, Checkers, was a political gift.

Eisenhower | Article

Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers the Supreme Court's landmark decision abolishing "separate but equal" schools in public education.

Eisenhower | Article

The former World War II general and soon to be retired commander-in-chief gives his farewell address to the American public.

Eisenhower | Article

President Eisenhower discusses limiting government activism and warns Americans against "the fatal materialism that plagues our age."

Eisenhower | Article

Read the president's address focused on foreign policy that critiques war as a means of settling international differences.

Eisenhower | Article

Excerpts from Eisenhower's letters home to his wife, Mamie, during World War II.

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Eisenhower's son, John Eisenhower, and historians shed light on allegations and politics.

Eisenhower | Article

Eisenhower vigorously maintained an air of optimistic dignity, regardless of the crisis at hand.

Eisenhower | Article

The president refused to denounce McCarthy until the senator set out to expose communists within the U.S. Army.

Eisenhower | Article

Eisenhower believed that active U.S. engagement in world affairs was the best means of containging communism.

Eisenhower | Article

While refusing to comment publicly on Brown v. Board of Education, Eisenhower made it clear that he would uphold the Constitution.

Eisenhower | Article

During nearly 30 years of military service, he had waited for an opportunity to lead men on the field of battle.