The recent spate of bombing violence in Israel's West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza demonstrates the enduring attachment both Israelis and Palestinians have to physical land in the country.
In his contribution ‘Ideology is dead! Long live ideology!’ (May 23), my friend, Alan Xuereb generously mentioned yours truly as a “self-decla
BU historian Paula Austin talks about the lessons of the Tulsa, Okla., race massacre, which left 300 Black residents dead, as its centennial approaches.
How one Jewish woman triggered Brown v. the Board of Education and the desegregation of southern schools
On this day in history… May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously made a “landmark” ruling that the “separate but equal” doctrine of racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. [1]Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in the opinion, “We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.”[2]
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