Law and legal history - AAIHS

The 1967 Detroit Uprising and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System

Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He

In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, the National Rifle Association (NRA) entered the news as their successful lobbying of

Pauli Murray is a central figure of women’s activism. Her career spanned five decades and included work in the labor

Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor

The #MeToo movement and the recent attention to Recy Taylor’s 1944 rape has drawn much needed attention to the consistent