By Daniel Hunter and Dan Buttry Michelle Alexander tells the story of working as a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on the problem of DWB—“Driving While Black.” She met a young African-American man with extensive documentation of various police stops while he was driving. At first it seemed that he was an excellent… Read more »
Category: North America
Simeon Booker
Benjamin Pratt profiles JET’s and Ebony’s Simeon Booker, whose life story is in Shocking the Conscience: A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement.
Michael Morton
David Crumm profiles Michael Morton, who was freed from wrongful conviction by the Innocence Project and now tells his inspiring story in a documentary
Jeannette Rankin
Author Daniel Buttry profiles Jeanette Rankin, the only person in Congress to vote against participation in both World War I and World War II.
Julia Ward Howe
Author Daniel Buttry profiles Julia Ward Howe, famous for The Battle Hymn of the Republic but also the famous pacifist Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870.