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June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs

June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...

Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870

May 9, 2003 By World Combined Sources

Each year, every president since Woodrow Wilson has issued a Mother’s Day Proclamation. However, the original Mother’s Day Proclamation was made in 1870, unrelated to the holiday. Written by Julia Ward Howe, perhaps best known today...

The Chicago Freedom Movement: Summer 1966

January 18, 2002 By Carolyn Black, Bill Appelhans And Fred Gaboury

The impact of the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement on the decade’s civil rights struggles was as significant as any other campaign of that era. To visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change,...