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In 1935, Lloyd Gaines’ application to the University of Missouri Law School was denied, based solely on the grounds that the state’s constitution called for “separate education of the races.” Along with the NAACP, Gaines challenged the university’s admissions policies in the nation’s high court, and Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) became the first in a long […]

It’s with great pleasure, and greater gratitude, that we get to share the news that the Kinder Foundation, a family philanthropic foundation started by Rich and Nancy Kinder, has pledged $25 million to the University of Missouri to support programming at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy for years (and generations) to come. An MU […]

It’s with great pleasure, and greater gratitude, that we get to share the news that the Kinder Foundation, a family philanthropic foundation started by Rich and Nancy Kinder, has pledged $25 million to the University of Missouri to support programming at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy for years (and generations) to come. An MU […]

British Imperialism and ‘The Tribal Question’ reconstructs the history of Britain’s presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region’s past. It tells the story of what happened when the British Empire and Bedouin communities met on the desert frontiers between […]

2014 Mount Vernon George Washington Book Prize Finalist This is the first study in half a century to focus on the election of 1796. At first glance, the first presidential contest looks unfamiliar—parties were frowned upon, there was no national vote, and the candidates did not even participate (the political mores of the day forbade […]