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Victor Morton

Articles by Victor Morton

Linda Brown Smith stands in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kan., on May 8, 1964.  The refusal of the public school to admit Brown in 1951, then nine years old, because she is black, led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.  In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the "separate but equal" clause and mandated that schools nationwide must be desegregated.  (AP Photo)

Linda Brown of Brown v. Board of Education case dies at 76

The girl who ended segregation in America's public schools has died. Linda Brown brought the lawsuit against the segregated schools of Topeka, Kansas, that eventually became the landmark 1954 case Brown vs. the Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools as "inherently unequal." Published March 26, 2018

Stormy Daniels hints at evidence to back claim on Trump affair

Stormy Daniels and her attorney hinted Sunday that they have hard evidence beyond her mere word that would prove she, not President Trump, is telling the truth on the matter of whether they had an affair a decade ago. Published March 25, 2018

This undated photo provided by the Willey family shows Jaelynn Willey. A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded Willey inside a Maryland school on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted. A third student was in good condition after he was shot. (Courtesy of the Willey family via AP)

Jaelynn Willey brain dead

Jaelynn Willey, the teenager shot Tuesday at a Maryland high school, was declared brain dead Thursday evening by her mother. Published March 22, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the closing session of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China retaliates with tariffs on U.S. imports

The trade war is on. In a statement Friday, China's Commerce Ministry gave reporters in Beijing a list of the U.S. goods on which it would slap reciprocal tariffs unless Washington negotiates a settlement as soon as possible. Published March 22, 2018

In this photograph taken late Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, a Spirit Airlines craft waits to take off from a runway at Denver International Airport. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Spirit Airlines apologizes to Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv for flight attendant gun control speech

A Florida school-shooting survivor who supports the Second Amendment was subjected by a flight attendant Thursday to a speech in favor of this weekend's gun-control march. Kyle Kashuv, who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and has appeared on Fox News to support gun rights since, said the incident happened on a Spirit Airlines flight to Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Published March 22, 2018

Hillary Clinton delivers the commencement address to Medgar Evers College graduates at Barclay's Center, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Seated at left are Reena Evers-Everette, and Daniel Evers-Everette, the daughter and grandson of Medgar Evers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Democrats more educated than Republicans, Pew Research Center survey finds

According to a Pew Research Center poll released this week, Democrats are now the party of college graduates, especially those with post-graduate work. Meanwhile, people with a high-school degree or less, by far the larger group, slightly lean toward Republicans. Published March 22, 2018