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Brown v. Board of Education

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools George C. E. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, James M. Nabrit (l-r) in front of the Supreme court, after winning…

Filling in the Gaps

Do you think that it seems like slavery casts a pall over our national heritage? It does. Do you think that this could…

A Shared History

This ceremony of supplication ends Edward Ball's Slaves in the Family, winner of the 1998 National Book Award for non-fiction. The Sierra Leoneans are representatives of Chief Alikali Modu III…

A Deeper Connection

"When we met, our relationships were based upon mutual shock... We didn't know what to think of each other. And now the book has come out and…

The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner

The ringleader of the murders, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on June 21, 2005, the 41st anniversary of the crimes Related Links Black History Month Encyclopedia: Civil…

A Mixed Bag

The family of Maum Agnes (seated), a former Ball slave. When this photograph was taken in about 1920, they were among the last sharecroppers…

A Mixed Blessing

A young boy on Quenby plantation. Slave children were usually put to work when they were about six years old. You'…

Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part I

Part I: Youth 1929 1948 1951 1953 1954 1955 Next: Early Activism 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr., is born in Atlanta to teacher Alberta King and…

Timeline: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Part III

Part III: National Figure 1963 1964 1965 Next: New Directions for Civil Rights 1963 King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in…

Tarnished Heritage

Elias "Red Cap" Ball founded a plantation dynasty that endured for more than two centuries.As a work of genealogy, Slaves is impressive. In his research, Ball pored over more than ten…

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