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What Happens to a Dream Deferred: The School Desegregation Crisis in Cleveland, Ohio and the Rise of Carl Stokes
School desegregation in the North was not as successful as the effort in the South. Civil rights activists in cities like Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to integrate the schools by applying the tactics of the Southern civil ...
Great Britain and the Bagdad Railroad (1888-1914)
In a study such as this, it is quite easy to over-estimate the importance of the Bagdad Railroad. Here the major events of the pre-war era have been mentioned only in the light of the railroad project. Yet when the subject ...
The Frescoes of Fra Angelico in the Chapel of Pope Nicholas V: Visual Persuasion in the Program of Nicholas' Pontificate
Nicholas' words, recorded, document his penchant for proclaiming the eminence of Rome and the primacy of the papacy through visual persuasion. His unprecedented declaration of religious authority on such a grand scale ...
Justice John Marshall Harlan and the "Color-Blind Constitution"
Mr. Justice Harlan was the "Great Dissenter" to the complacent attitudes of The Gilded Age. His opinions ran against the attitudes held by his contemporaries: laissez-fair in economics; imperialism in international ...
An Inheritance of Slavery: The Tale of "Jockey" John Robinson, His Slaves, and Washington College
Much of the Washington College slaves' inner lives remain a mystery. The evidence does, of course, illuminate a great deal about the general course of their lives. John Robinson acquired and later bequeathed them to ...
Negotiating with the Enemy: Kennedy and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Many scholars have examined the test ban. Several books were written shortly after its adoption, but they lack much of the documentary evidence that is now available. In 1981 Glenn Seaborg published one of the best accounts. ...
"And we shall overcome": Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Battle for Civil Rights
Historians will continue to debate Lyndon Johnson's place in history. Many will view the disaster of Vietnam as the most compelling legacy of his presidency and forever judge him by his tragic mistakes. But not all will ...
The Political Career of Henry St. George Tucker, 1889-1932
The purpose of this paper is to examine the political career of Harry St. George Tucker of Virginia, 1888-1932. Tucker's career was distinguished primarily by its length. It began as Reconstructicn faded and concluded as ...
The Political Philosophy and Congressional Career of John Randolph Tucker, 1823-1897
Thc career of John Randolph Tucker was indeed unparalleled by anyone of his era. His contributions have had lasting effects on Washington and Lee University, the state of Virginia and our nation. As a professor at Washington ...