Health and Medicine
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.
Get in the Game!
It’s the dead of winter–the kind of weather that makes you want to sit by a cozy fire with your favorite book and a hot drink. But here at the Foundation, we’re bundling up to go exploring, and we’ll need more than a set of matching hats and mittens for where we’re going.
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.
Smoke and Mirrors
“Smoking or nonsmoking?” It’s probably been awhile since you’ve heard that question, but it used to apply almost everywhere: restaurants, hotel rooms, public buildings and even airplanes.
Throughout history, cigarettes were a staple of American culture.