In 1941, labor leader A. Philip Randolph pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to desegregate the defense industry by threatening a massive march on Washington. This resulted in Executive Order 8802,…
In 1938, a massive anti-corruption drive in Waterbury, Connecticut, led to the conviction of Mayor T. Frank Hayes and several associates for embezzling millions in public funds. This landmark case…
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill to expand the Supreme Court and protect New Deal legislation. The resulting political firestorm in the United States…
