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The Supreme Court and Equal Rights

  The Constitution describes equal rights only in general terms. The courts, especially the Supreme Court, have had to decide how these consitutional guarantees apply to specific situations. Some…

Election 2012 - Willard "Mitt" Romney

  The 2012 Republican presidential nominee falls to Obama in the general election by Liz Olson and Jennie Wood Mitt Romney Related Links Mitt Romney’s campaign website Mitt…

History of Camp David

A brief history of the Presidential mountain retreat and its famous guests by David Johnson President Kennedy with JFK, Jr., at Camp David. (Source: John F. Kennedy Library)…

David F. Powers 1998 Deaths

David F. PowersAge: 85 close friend and personal aide to President John F. Kennedy; former curator of the Kennedy Library in Boston.Died: March 27, 1998.Mel PowellM - QRichie Powers

Leroy Kelly

Leroy KellyBorn: May 20, 1942Football replaced Jim Brown in the Cleveland Browns backfield; in 1967, he led the NFL in rushing yards (1,205), rushing average (5.1 per carry) and rushing…

Frost, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Frost, Robert, 1874–1963, American poet, b. San Francisco. Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of…

Malcolm X

(Encyclopedia) Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb…

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Moynihan, Daniel PatrickMoynihan, Daniel Patrickmoiˈnĭhănˌ [key], 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961).…

Bronx, the

(Encyclopedia) Bronx, the, borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx co. (2020 pop. 1,472,654), land area 42 sq mi (106 sq km), SE N.Y. The name…