Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...
Tomorrow, I begin my 54th year of teaching a class in American economic history at Ohio University. As I prepared my syllabus for the course, I started reflecting on how much things have changed–or in ...
On Nov. 9, 1965, 30 million people in the entire Northeast and parts of Canada lost power in one of the most massive blackouts of the time. Take a look back at photos from the dark night 60 years ...
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 helped to turn the United States into a more multicultural society. Fifty years later, the law provides important lessons for advancing immigration reform.