Five Films that Redefined Hollywood
Author Mark Harris discusses his book about the five movies nominated for Best Picture at the 1967 Academy Awards
February 19, 2009 |
By Brian Wolly
The Freedom Riders, Then and Now
Fighting racial segregation in the South, these activists were beaten and arrested. Where are they now, nearly fifty years later?
February 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Wild Goose Chase
How one man's obsession saved an "extinct" species
January 02, 2009 |
By Rob R. Dunn
The Lasting Impact of a Civil Rights Icon's Murder
One of three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi in 1964 was James Chaney. His younger brother would never be the same
December 2008 |
By Hank Klibanoff
44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved
Mary Pinchot Meyer's death remains a mystery. But it's her life that holds more interest now
December 2008 |
By Lance Morrow
The Unmaking of the President
Lyndon Johnson believed that his withdrawal from the 1968 presidential campaign would free him to solidify his legacy
April 2008 |
By Clay Risen
Civil Wrongs
In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
October 2007 |
By Dick Polman
Behind the Veil
Photographer Alen MacWeeney wanted to see Ireland's Travellers as they were
July 2007 |
By David Zax
Black Woodstock
Harlem 1969: Jesse Jackson, Nina Simone, B.B. King and 100,000 spectators gather for a concert worth remembering
February 01, 2007 |
By Richard Morgan
Sharp Pencils Shape Elections
How three pioneering reporters reshaped the way the press covers elections-and politics itself
November 2006 |
By Jonathan Yardley
Fearing the Worst
A church is bombed. A daughter is missing. A rediscovered photograph recalls one of the most heart-wrenching episodes of the civil rights era.
May 2006 |
By Diane McWhorter
John Lennon's First Album
A recently acquired stamp collection opens a new page on the teenage Beatle-to-be
September 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Magical Mystery Tour
In 1964 a psychedelic placard heralded the arrival of counterculture guru Ken Kesey and his entourage to America's cities
June 2004 |
By Owen Edwards
Dream Assignment
Photographer Bob Adelman's picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., taken 40 years ago, captures one of the greatest speeches in American history
August 2003 |
By Lucinda Moore
Review of 'All You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s'
September 1999 | By Bruce Watson
