What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Abraham Lincoln realizes that slavery is pulling apart the Union of American States and recognizes the country cannot hold together with such deeply d...
Abe Lincoln was elected to Congress and, in 1847, he and his family moved to Washington City (as America's capital was then known).
While a legislator for the state of Illinois, Abe Lincoln also studied law and passed the bar exam.
In 1957, nine black students, referred to as "The Little Rock Nine," are the first to attend an all-white school.
The National Child Labor Committee works for change, but still expects children to hold jobs.
Martin Luther, a Catholic monk, disagrees with the practices of the Church and his books are burned.
African Americans and their allies demonstrate in the nation's capitol
Marie Antoinette loses her head by guillotine seven months after French Revolutionary authorities execute her husband, King Louis XVI
Wilberforce works to end the slave trade after trying to improve conditions for Britain's working poor.
It's May 4, 1970, and Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State, killing 4 unarmed students and wounding ...
By 1932, Melvin Purvis is Special-Agent-in-Charge of the FBI in Chicago with the primary job of catching Dillinger.
Later testimony shows the horrific conditions on board the slave ships where many slaves died.
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