Monthly Archives: May 2011

It was on this day in 1948 that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that deed restrictions which prohibited the sale of real estate to minorities were legally unenforceable. Three years previously a family by the name of Shelly purchased a house in … Continue reading →

“Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.“ It was on this day in 1933 Hitler banned worker unions in Germany. Their offices were ordered closed, bank accounts confiscated, and many of their … Continue reading →

The Constitution of the United States guarantees to all citizens the right to peaceably assemble and petition for redress of grievances, and furthermore declares that the right of free speech shall not be abridged. We stand here to-day to test … Continue reading →