This week in history, on May 17, 1954, the landmark Supreme Court case known as Brown v. The Board of Education was decided. It was this case that determined that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. (READ MORE)
Rodger Streitmatter's new biography, Outlaw Marriages, explores the lives of ten same-sex couples, in which at least one person in each pairing has historically advanced American culture, particularly due to the help of their significant other. Below are five couples Justice Samuel Alito could learn a...(READ MORE)
We here at Biographile have already mined Sonia Sotomayor's memoir for personal revelations, so now we leave it to Justice Sotomayor herself to talk a little more about her candid and heartfelt life story.(READ MORE)
Not only is she the first Latina appointed to the court, she’s also just written a surprisingly candid, movingly heartfelt memoir of her hardscrabble childhood. The ease with which the justice admits her personal failings and doubts feels almost shocking. Following, we handpick the five most personal...(READ MORE)
Allow yourself to be transported this summer by our selection of August's most anticipated biographies and memoirs. From behind bars to the Great Plains, from world-class soccer fields to Paris and Venice, you'll be carried away in the company of the uncommon and the bold.(READ MORE)
