by Cassondra Murphy | Oct 19, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: Cj MURPHY On October 19, 1781, British troops surrendered to the American Continental Army in Yorktown, Virginia. This battle informally marked the end of the American Revolutionary War and answered the colonists’ call for freedom from the British Crown. However,...
by Molly Wicker | Oct 16, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: MOLLY WICKER John Brown left an indelible mark on American history. On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a small band of followers lead an armed assault against the U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry. The raid was intended to be the first stage in an...
by Megan Abrameit | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: MEGAN ABRAMEIT F.W. de Klerk was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 18, 1936. After obtaining a law degree from Potchefstroom University, F.W. de Klerk began his political career in 1972 when he was elected to parliament as a member of the National...
by Megan Abrameit | Sep 3, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: MEGAN ABRAMEIT On this day in history, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery — a day he would later describe as the day his “free life began.” Frederick Douglass was born into slavery as Frederick Washington Bailey on a Maryland plantation in 1818. From there, he...
by Taylor King | Aug 28, 2018 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
“I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I’ve been running ev’r since It’s been a long time, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will” – Sam Cooke, March on Washington, August 28, 1963...