As United States dominance spread westward during the 19th century, the question of The administration of justice in the new territories was a serious problem as a result of the lack of a judicial and police system that could approach the one that prevailed in the more civilized regions of the east
Kiss my ass (kiss my ass) was the literal response, and printed on official letterhead, from the Alabama Attorney General to threats from the Ku Klux Klan. In 1970, at just 29 years old and shortly after being elected Alabama Attorney General, Bill Baxley reopened the case 16th Street Baptist Churc
It is difficult to understand, now that an African-American resides in the White House and holds the most powerful position in the world, that until relatively few years ago in the United States there was a policy of racial segregation based on regulations such as those known as the Jim Crow Laws, w
With the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula, occupied by the Japanese since 1910, was divided at the 38th Parallel:the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. The prevailing tension exploded when North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Th