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The Mercury’s Sound Off for Tuesday, March 25
Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...
The Rollback of the Civil-Rights Movement Is the Singular Moral Failure of Modern American Conservatism
The eye of Sauron descends on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, eventually, Brown v. Board of Education.
Did You Know: America Closed Schools And Passed 450 Laws To Block Racial Integration
The coordinated campaign to defy Brown v. Board continues to impact education today, as many schools remain racially ...
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Insurrection Act Explained: Trump Admin Deciding Whether to Invoke 1807 Law
Eisenhower ordered federal troops to escort Black students into Little Rock Central High School after Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus refused to comply with a federal desegregation order and during ...
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Hertha Bart, beloved New Orleans tour guide and yoga teacher who left Switzerland, dies at 100
She reconnected with Morris in London, who was in the midst of completing a postwar assignment with an Army buddy, Orval Faubus, who later spent 12 years as governor of Arkansas. Morris and Hertha ...
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Dick Allen was one of baseball’s most misunderstood players. But in his hometown of Wampum, Pa., everyone ‘knows the truth.’
In September 1957, then-Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus defied a court order to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Faubus ordered the state’s National Guard to block nine Black students ...