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On this day in 1851, a group of outraged black men burst into a courtroom in Boston and rescued Shadrach Minkins, the first escaped slave seized in New England under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. Under the new law, northern authorities were required to...

Isn’t it time you understood Jury Nullification? By Frank Parlato Jury nullification is the term used when a jury – or even a single juror – votes to acquit a criminal defendant who is technically guilty, but who juror(s) do not believe deserve punishment...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The world said goodbye to Nat King Cole, and barring of 5-year-old Sarah Roberts from an all-white Boston school would eventually lead to the first law banning segregated schools. All this and more in today’s special edition...

Shadrach Minkins, a African American fugitive slave, is arrested by U.S. Marshals but he is rescued by members of the anti-slavery Boston Vigilance Committee, who used force to take him from the marshals. From Boston, Minkins was spirited to Canada,...

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of December 19, 2014 eds: Daryl Haggard, Nicolle Zellner, Meredith Hughes, & Elysse Voyer This week's issues: 1. Cogitations on Gender at the "dot Astro" Conference...