;

a superhero movie

men in suits and hats and women in long puffy sleeves, their skirts protected by aprons.

terrifying ferocity

hucking

carnage

a brief clip of old-timey French people pelting one another with snowballs.

It was originally black and white, of course, and herky-jerky because of the low frame rate. But this snowball fight has recently been colorized and smoothed, and the result is shockingly modern.

The footage was captured in Lyon, in 1897, by the Lumière brothers, who were among the world’s first filmmakers.

she was sterilized without her knowledge or consent in 1961. She was given a hysterectomy while in the hospital for minor surgery, a procedure so common it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.” “[In] the North Sunflower County Hospital, I would say about six out of the 10 Negro women that go to the hospital are sterilized with the tubes tied,

be guilty of wrongful deeds

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

tranquility

sweltering summer

fatal f

hallowed

Memphis, Tennessee

minister and activist

1955 in retaliation for his efforts to register African Americans to vote.

minister

“Selma, Lord, Selma.”

had long opened her house in Selma as a meeting ground for civil rights leaders in the area.

food, nutrition and homemaking

After her release, Mrs. Boynton Robinson was a guest of honor at the White House on Aug. 6, 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the federal Voting Rights Act into law, an event seen as a direct consequence of the marches.Image