If police officers commit crimes while on duty, "the court has put up a number of hurdles to make it difficult to bring injunctive relief against an entire police department."

Besides having a great mind, Jefferson had a great ego—also for good and ill.

In his 90th year, the indefatigable historian John Hope Franklin has written his life story. More than any other scholar, Franklin has made African-American history an essential part of American history.

Vantage Point April 20, 1968: The editors on the death and dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.