An Alabama city gave its name to this group of 9 youths falsely accused of rape in 1931
Harry Truman ended it in the Army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended it in public schools in 1954
This "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle
In 1829 journalist John Russwurm gave up on abolitionism & left the U.S. for this independent African nation
The black population of these U.S. areas, the destination of "white flight", doubled in the '70s & '80s
The first French ruler with this name was Charlemagne's successor & was crowned in 813
When English king Edward III claimed the French throne in 1337, this war began; it lasted until 1453!
It was the Roman designation for the region virtually identical with modern France
Armand du Plessis, chosen to be first minister of France in 1624, is better known as this
Born in Lille, he's the famous general & statesman seen here