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History champions humility, seasoned with a dash of humor.

UH law professor Renee Knake Jefferson tells us about some of the women who appeared on short lists of presidents before O'Connor was nominated.

Whether the subject was affirmative action, states’ rights, campaign finance, national security or abortion, hers was often the voice that spoke for the court.

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O'Co

O’Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981. She retired in 2006.

Sandra Day OConnor was called "the most powerful woman in America" during her quarter of a century as a Supreme Court justice.

Finney spent decades directing drama plays, including Ifa Bayeza’s “The Ballad of Emmett Till,” about the 14-year-old boy kidnapped, tortured […] The post Shirley Jo Finney, trailblazing Black director, dies after cancer battle appeared first on TheGrio.

Finney, an award-winning director of plays covering the Black experience, has died of cancer at 74 after decades of artistic excellence.

After an acting career that included playing the Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph in a TV movie, she became known as a director for her work at regional theaters.

Join me. Perhaps you will learn some things you didn't know about the wonderfully spooky 'Unsolved Mysteries,' which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.