“The lawyers ceded their right to argue to case before the justices. A verdict would be rendered in secret, behind closed doors,… — Adrienne Berard Behind closed doors Copy Share Image
“Taft ended his opinion with an added clause, a statement so bold that it would rattle even his strongest supporters. The chief… — Adrienne Berard Fourteenth amendment Copy Share Image
“Arriving in the North, Martha became a migrant among immigrants, still a child, already twice removed from the ancestry she was taught… — Adrienne Berard Children Copy Share Image
“Richardson ran on a parallel course beside Adams Street, but despite their proximity, the two streets were worlds apart. Richardson, on its… — Adrienne Berard Computers Copy Share Image
“After the United States entered World War I, Southern landowners had a new means of ensuring their laborers remained on plantations—the threat… — Adrienne Berard War Copy Share Image
“For a period of twenty years, from the 1925 Gong Lum decision until the end of World War II, the majority of… — Adrienne Berard Education Copy Share Image
“could. Jeu Gong was not so fortunate. He would have to find his bride in America. There was talk of a servant… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Whenever Jeu Gong could get away from the store, he went to his small plot of land at the far end of… — Adrienne Berard Fitness Copy Share Image
“Flowers wanted to make it clear to the justices that he stood before them a strong defender of segregation. He came not… — Adrienne Berard Children Copy Share Image
“The court’s ruling established a precedent more powerful than the Lum family could have imagined. By fighting, they only made the enemy… — Adrienne Berard Racism Copy Share Image
“One of the chief ways to lure farmers from the hills to the banks of the Mississippi River, Walter Sillers Jr. and… — Adrienne Berard High school Copy Share Image
“Residents of Rosedale created a separate Chinese school in 1933. In 1937 a similar school was erected in nearby Cleveland. Due to… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“They named her Berda after Berta Beadel, a young woman who lived in a mansion on Sycamore. Mrs. Beadel’s husband was a… — Adrienne Berard Young woman Copy Share Image
“The Lums’ grocery was located on the corner of Bruce and Railroad Streets, next to the rail line. On one side of… — Adrienne Berard Fitness Copy Share Image
“On July 1, President Calvin Coolidge signed the measure into law. With the act’s ratification, the country was set on a course… — Adrienne Berard President Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Some thirty miles east of the statue, with much less fanfare, another monument was nearing completion. At Cold Spring Harbor on Long… — Adrienne Berard Biology Copy Share Image
“During the war, young Sillers Sr. and his mother hid in an abandoned plantation on the outskirts of town and foraged the… — Adrienne Berard Parenting Copy Share Image
“Measures were quickly taken throughout Mississippi to outlaw the distribution of the Defender as well as the Crisis, the magazine of the… — Adrienne Berard Books Copy Share Image
“On January 21, 1919, Jeu Gong purchased a plot of land next to the railway depot on the east side of Rosedale.… — Adrienne Berard Real estate Copy Share Image
“The country had developed a delusional self-image, one of racial purity and hegemony, an industrialist white nation destined for progress. In reality,… — Adrienne Berard Patriotism Copy Share Image
“Benoit began life in the year 1889, with the coming of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. There was never any plan… — Adrienne Berard Civil war Copy Share Image
“Race amalgamation has been frowned on by Southern civilization always, and our people have always been of the opinion that it was… — Adrienne Berard Racism Copy Share Image
“Blues pioneer and Mississippi native Charley Patton recorded his classic “Pea Vine Blues” in 1929 for Paramount Records. The song, played with… — Adrienne Berard Song Copy Share Image
“Now that the scaffolding had been removed from the Bolivar County courthouse, Brewer could see where five giant slabs of limestone formed… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“She knew all too well the type of violence inflicted on those who tried to change the social order of the Delta.… — Adrienne Berard Ku klux klan Copy Share Image
