John F. Kennedy, Mr. McPherson joined President Johnson's White House staff in 1965, and over the next four years, he became one of Johnson's most trusted advisers. In 1966 he helped organize a White House conference on civil rights, a gathering that...

F. Kennedy, Mr. McPherson joined President Johnson’s White House staff in 1965, and over the next four years, he became one of Johnson’s most trusted advisers. In 1966 he helped organize a White House conference on civil rights, a gathering that...

But for all the good that Harry and his mentor could accomplish on the domestic front, their crucible would be far away, in the jungles of Vietnam. In the interviews for the film, Harry recalls LBJ's anguish over a war that he knew was deeply unpopular...

Sus escritos sobre segregación racial atrajeron la atención de Thurgood Marshall, el abogado principal de la Asociación Nacional de Personas de Raza Negra (NAACP, por sus siglas en inglés) en el caso Brown vs. Junta de Educación, que sentó precedente. ...

Pat Buchanan had a different reason, there are too many Jews on the Supreme Court. The lone sitting black justice is Clarence Thomas, nominated by George H. W. Bush. And Thomas was made to run a gauntlet by Senate liberals. Indeed, of the last seven...

Although they deserve their acclaim, February 2012 is the perfect time to reflect on Bayard Rustin, Chester County’s own civil rights hero, during the centennial of his birth. Known as the “Architect of the March on Washington,” Bayard Rustin was a...