Boston newlyweds and supporters of LGBT rights share their reaction to Massachusetts becoming the first state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004.
Newly married couples in Cambridge, Massachusetts react to their state becoming the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004 in this live report. Cambridge was the first jurisdiction to issue marriage certificates.
CNN reporter Sara Sidner reports live from Sri Lanka in ethnic Tamil areas ravaged by war. She walks through fields full of land mines and speaks with victims of the 26-year-long civil war that raged until May 17, 2009.
“I landed under heavy small arms fire in a dry field near a farmhouse. I cut my way out of my harness and dashed for the nearest hedgegrow…” Frank E. McKee was a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, 508th Paratroop Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. … Continue reading
“There were five that didn’t make it and our tank did. One out of six tanks. There were five wiped out right there. 25 men. Five tanks.” Canadian veterans involved in the invasion of Juno Beach on D-Day discuss what they remember from the mission. The men tear-up as they … Continue reading
John “Jack” Springer, a veteran who served in the army during the Normandy Campaign, talks about landing on Juno Beach during D-Day. He discusses how his faith grew during that time, as well as how he prided himself in putting others before himself. In Springer’s words: “I wasn’t scared for … Continue reading
Oliver L. Brown’s daughter, Linda, discusses her memories of life in Topeka, Kansas before and after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision on May 17, 1958. Cheryl Brown Henderson, Linda’s sister, also comments on the history of civil rights and discusses the future of racial equality.
A hospital volunteer and Sri Lankan native gives her firsthand account of the horrible sights she witnessed when civil war broke out in the region. She discusses families being torn apart, camps that the government forced civilians to live in, and children dying on the side of the road.
Legal scholars discuss the lasting impact that the Brown V. Board of Education case has had on the U.S. court system. They explain how the ruling protected the intended purposes of the constitution and ultimately “expanded the role of fairness” in future decisions.
Several legal scholars, including the dean of Howard Law School and a retired Supreme Court justice, remember the Brown v. Board of Education decision. They discuss where they were when it was announced, how people reacted to the ruling, and the impact that the case had on igniting “the modern … Continue reading
