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On This Day, June 11: George Wallace tries to block integration of Univ. of Alabama
UPI· 21 hours agoOn June 11, 1963, for a brief moment, Gov. George Wallace blocked the enrollment of two Black...
Independent's curse: RFK Jr. is no Ross Perot
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoJun. 11—Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will campaign Saturday in Albuquerque. Can you feel the excitement, the heady sense of a 70-year-old newcomer on the rise? Neither ...
Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday' Changed the Course of History
Time via AOL· 5 days agoState troopers and deputies stand at the entrance to a University of Alabama building in Tuscaloosa...
Why Kennedy’s Best Polls May Overstate His Support
New York Magazine· 7 hours agoThe network stipulates that participants secure at least 15 percent in four national surveys no later than June 20 from a specific list of approved...
Kennedy Calls for Secret Service Detail on Anniversary of Father’s Killing
New York Times· 6 days agoOn the 56th anniversary of his father’s assassination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent...
The History Behind Country Music's Love of the Military
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPoliticians of all stripes jumped at the opportunity to campaign with and earn endorsements from...
The Rev. James Lawson Was More Than a Civil Rights Hero
Esquire· 10 hours agoWere it not for the Rev. James Lawson, the American civil rights movement would have taken an...
Opinion | Trump’s Most Dangerous Gift
New York Times· 4 days agoWhen a Manhattan jury found Donald J. Trump guilty, it should have sent shock waves through the nation. As Michelle Goldberg recently noted, only 16...
Drury president Jeff Frederick answers 13 questions, plans podcast, community outreach
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHis primary research field is the study of the American South. He published a biography of former...
Henderson history: Disgraced vice president Agnew visited here in 1974
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoThe two easily beat Democrat Hubert Humphrey and American Independent candidate George Wallace that fall.Nixon and Agnew also beat Democrat George McGovern ...