Civil Rights
Batting Away Jim Crow
The desegregation of sports was a bumpy ride that demonstrates the complexity of race relations throughout the 20th century. Black athletes were welcomed in some sports, but not others; were embraced for their success during a game, but shunned the rest of the time.
The Writing on the Wall
Amidst our nation’s hectic capital sits a tranquil and solemn memorial: the Vietnam Wall. At this monument, you can feel how close history is. The open wounds of war are still healing here, even though it’s been 50 years (almost to the day) that the United States signed the Paris Peace Agreement and ended its operations in Vietnam.