Week of May 18-24
May 18
1896—The United States Supreme Court issues its infamous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. The decision declared the doctrine of “separate...
Week of June 11-17
June 11
1963—President John F. Kennedy declares during a nationwide radio and television address that segregation was “morally wrong” and told the...
Week of May 14-20
May 14
1885—Erskine Henderson, an African-American jockey, wins the Kentucky Derby on “Joe Cotton”—a horse trained by Alex Perry—an African-American trainer. Henderson...
“Race matters…because of the long history of racial minorities being denied access to the political process…because of persistent racial inequality in society -- inequality...
In 2008, Abigail Fisher filed a lawsuit against the University of Texas after being denied undergraduate admission to the University of Texas at Austin.
Fisher,...
