Civil Rights
Merton was an influential Trappist monk, writer and social justice activist.
Fierce and funny, The Greatest stood for his ideals when it was hard.
If it's like other famous commission reports, yes.
Supreme Court victor wanted $2 million to cover its costs in trying to destroy the law.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
After Ferguson protests, lawsuits and public pressure are bringing change to a fractured and troubled network of tiny courts.
A dissenting judge wrote, "I cannot, in good conscience, countenance this attempt at shirking liability and responsibility."
Robinson was among those beaten during the voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in March 1965.
He says the reforms mean "a fresh start."
"I thought for a moment that [the conductor] made a mistake."
An often-forgotten battle for free speech rights started when the activist took a stand to take his seat.